The next day, early in the morning, at the dinner table where breakfast was eaten.

Lu Zhi was instructing the country, "Since no one is doing business with the inner library, let's do it!" ”

Jiang Ni raised her head and lowered it again, her body trembling a little.

Lu Yi scratched his head and laughed twice, "I knew that the fourth child had a way." "It's all his own brothers, of course he won't be polite to Lu Zhi, that would be too angry.

"Well, the capital is too far away from us, so we can only do some transportation business, sending deliveries back and forth." Lu Zhi shook his head, "Although I can't make a lot of money, it's not difficult to survive." ”

"Thank you, Fourth Uncle." Jiang Ni raised her head again, feeling a lot more comfortable.

Lu Zhi waved his hand, "It's okay, our Lu family originally wanted to do this business, and it is better to cooperate with our own people than with outsiders." This is to further relieve Jiang Ni's psychological pressure.

In fact, there is no need to explain Caoyun, this is a super profitable industry, and there are some emerging industries in Dayue, so you can say how big the dividends here are.

The reason why Lu Zhi didn't say it was because he didn't want to put too much pressure on Jiang Ni, and the other was that the terrifying effect of Cao Yun had not really been shown.

To do things for others, after all, you have to be low-key, Lu Zhi is the spokesperson of a humble gentleman, can you not understand this?

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After breakfast, the family went to their own places again, and Lu Zhi asked the leather monkey to call Lu Youshou over, ready to discuss the issue of repairing the official road between Jinjing and Beijing.

Last night's recital was a bit taken for granted, and after Lu Zhi woke up, he pondered, if it didn't work, he still had to find an expert to ask about the situation.

To be reasonable, this thing is like when you write a thesis, just one argument is not enough, you can't check the information, find authority?

"Fourth son, Foreman Lu is already waiting inside." Seeing Lu Zhi coming over, the leather monkey hurriedly reported it, which seemed to be nonsense, but it was asking for credit for himself.

This invitation is not to get any reward, this is to strengthen a sense of existence, probably - master, you see, the little one has done the things you have explained.

"Hmm." Lu Zhi nodded and expressed satisfaction, "Send some Coke over, I want to be chilled, I'll talk to Foreman Lu." ”

Lu Zhi and Lu Youshou were not talking in the living room, but in a small workshop, relatively speaking, this place is more suitable, after all, they are two craftsmen.

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"Master Junma, your carving skills, what does it look like, it's really amazing!" As soon as he entered the small workshop, Lu You's hand praised him and pounced on him, and Lu Zhi felt very comfortable with this beauty in his heart.

"Haha, without him, only the hand is familiar." Lu Zhi waved his hand, and then showed off.

It's been a while since I moved to a new house, and I've accumulated a lot of things in this small workshop.

In fact, not only the finished product, but also some raw materials are also worth seeing, ordinary people don't understand, Lu Youshou knows, baby, are rare treasures.

The two of them drank Bing Kuole while talking freely, and they almost forgot about business.

It turns out that bragging is really addictive.

Control and control, Lu Zhi finally put the problem on the right track, hey, the five cities are the hinterland of Dayue, and it is undoubtedly very appropriate to plan a transportation hub here.

Of course, the transportation hub must not have only one official road, but you can't become fat in one breath, and things still have to come step by step.

Lu Youshou also agreed, the official road should indeed be repaired, and it is a good time not to fight now.

Here we have to explain the situation of the official road of Dayue, because the imperial court attaches great importance to the prevention of Wu, so the official road to the north of the capital is not bad, for fear of delaying the march.

There is a lack of repair to the west of the capital, and the road conditions in some sections are very poor, and there is no problem with walking through the usually, but if the merchants are carrying goods, there is some trouble.

As for the south of the capital, if you don't mention this, you can't catch up with the west.

The next step is Lu Youshou's link, he explained, in the territory of Dayue, the general building ground is rammed earth, that is, the soil is smashed with heavy objects.

The better thing is to use cooked soil and fry the soil over fire, so that there will be no insects or grass, and the quality of the soil is ensured.

Larger cities, there are floor tiles like the current floor tiles, the Golden Scale City is, the floor tiles are made of loess firing, very hard, Dayue has no heavy vehicles, fully meet the daily use.

Then there is the stone, and many of the palace floors are made of marble, which is a very good material.

Not to mention Dayue, even now there are many ancient alleys and well-preserved stone roads, which have been polished smooth and smooth over the years, and some are still shiny.

"Ah, that's ......" After listening to Lu Youshou's words, Lu Zhi felt that the traditional materials used by Dayue to build roads were very good, much cheaper than cement, and there was no need to travel through mountains and rivers to transport volcanic ash.

But to be honest, it is more practical to ram earth, the Dayue Imperial Court is not rich after all, it is too high-end, and it is estimated that the household department will not be able to pay for it.

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Sending Lu Youshou away, Lu Zhi turned around his room, stood in front of the desk and studied the ink by himself for a while, as if he was in a daze.

Sou~~~

At a certain moment, Lu Zhi moved, but saw him wave his pen and write down six big characters - if you want to get rich first build roads, don't say anything else, first type out this classic propaganda slogan.

Standing at the table and admiring it for a long time, Lu Zhi felt more and more that his calligraphy had made great progress, and he couldn't help but laugh a few times, and then began to officially draft the fold.

The pie painted does not need to be changed, as long as the specific construction process is said, which is different from the ordinary officials, because of the identity of the craftsman, Lu Zhi's folding is relatively professional.

There is another key point, Lu Zhi still has to make a budget in the folds, you must know that there is still a "donkey" Shangshu in the capital, if that one does not let go, no matter how good the pie painting is, it will be in vain.

sprinkled hundreds of words, Lu Zhi had already described the situation very clearly, blowing dry the ink, he was just like usual, flying birds to pass the book, and still followed the path of the black armor guard.

Obviously, this has become a habit of Lu Zhi.

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Soon, King Yue, who was far away in the capital, received a secret fold, "Repair the official road, old dog, what do you think?" Forget it, let's just call the three scholars. ”

"Ah, yes." Wei Zhong was quite happy, and the king finally stopped embarrassing him.

To be reasonable, as a eunuch, he really doesn't know much about these advanced government affairs, but sometimes he has to say it, which is very annoying.

"Wait." King Yue suddenly remembered something, "Don't Xuan University Scholar first, let's Xuan Han Shangshu first." ”

"Yes." Ordinary people may have doubts, but Wei Zhong doesn't care about these, the king will announce whoever he wants, anyway, he is an errand boy.

"Your Majesty!" It may be that he ran smoothly, Han Zhibing came quickly, and King Yue didn't talk nonsense, so he directly showed him Lu Zhi's secret fold.

"Huh, huh? Haha, yes, yes, the old minister thinks that the county horse is very good. Han Zhibing looked very happy.

King Yue's eyes widened a little, and he was a little puzzled, "Let's hear it." ”

Regarding the issue of repairing the official road, he could expect that Han Zhibing would approve of it, but at the moment, this kind of approval method of raising his hands and feet was a little unexpected.

"If you talk about it cliché, you won't say it." Han Zhibing explained that he originally thought that repairing the official road would help change the law.

Han Zhibing's plan was to enhance the influence of the capital and the Golden Scale City, and then radiate to the middle of the two places, and the road construction was obviously conducive to the implementation of his plan.

"Well, then it seems that this is imperative." King Yue didn't expect that things could still be considered from this perspective, so he couldn't help but nodded.

Speaking of which, it's not that King Yue is stupid, the main thing is that he is not as attentive to Han Zhibing as about changing the law.

When Han Zhibing came to his side, everything was based on changing the law, so he naturally had a different interpretation of things.

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In the palace, Han Zhibing left, and King Yue summoned three more scholars, and they held a wave of small meetings as usual.

For Lu Zhi's suggestion, the three scholars were all in favor of it, especially there was one more thing here.

A few years ago, the cities either sent taxes and grain to the capital, or when the Golden Scale City was rated as the first city, some grain transport officials at that time had a lot of complaints, saying that the official road was not easy to follow.

It's not easy to go, don't look at these three words as inconspicuous, but the significance of their representation is very significant.

If the road is not good, the trip will be delayed, and each day of delay will cost an extra day of money and food, which is a big expense.

This may not be intuitive, but let's take an example:

According to the Qing Dynasty's "Hubu Caoyun Quanshu" recorded: "However, the true color of the transportation is one stone for each regular grain, and the consumption varies from three buckets to four buckets."

In addition, there are moisturizing, gifting, drenching tips, meals and other rice, and there are kicking, steady jumping, inverted baskets, cabin mats and other silver.

In the flag, there is a month, in the ship needs to be repaired and built, in the starting point is more light and spent, and the need for the government to defraud and the grain in the end of the disturbance, the water is second to the price of the plate, still not the same. ”

According to calculations, these "public and private expenses" are evenly distributed to each stone of grain, and about "one stone of grain is required for five or six buckets, and five or seven dollars of silver are different", that is to say, the cost of transporting one stone of grain is much higher than that of one stone of grain.

Huang Mengwei, a Qing dynasty man, believed in "The Theory of Stopping Cao" that "if you have a comprehensive plan, you can't transport rice and one stone into Beijing without forty gold".

He Wenju believed in the "Folding Proposal" that transporting a stone of grain "is no less than 20 taels of freight".

Because of the different distances, the estimates may be biased, but the high cost of transportation is an indisputable fact, in order to ensure the supply of grain, the imperial court has to invest a lot of money every year.

(The above excerpt is from Development Observation, literary and historical scholar Chen XX)

This is about the cost of transport, it takes about three stones of grain to transport one stone to the destination, doesn't it look like a lot?

But what if it is changed to Da Yue? What about going overland? Not only will it not be less, but it will be more, and the officials will certainly have some complaints.

We said, if there is really no way, then we can't talk about it, we can only resist, but as long as the official road is repaired, it can reduce the cost, why doesn't the court do it?

Therefore, from the perspective of the overall situation, the three scholars are in favor of repair.

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"Since the three Aiqing all say so, then the matter is decided." King Yue summoned Wei Zhong again, "Old dog, let's go to Xuanma Shangshu again." ”

Speaking of which, it is impossible to cross the book of the household, and they all expect him to pay for it.

King Yue glanced at the three scholars, and there was some meaning in his eyes, what is this? When Ma Shangshu arrives in a while, you will have to be responsible for persuading him.

What can the three university scholars do, they naturally agreed to it.

Of course, repairing the official road is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, and Ma Shangshu is unlikely to oppose it, but it is inevitable to bargain, but it is this bargain that is uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty!" "Ma Aiqing." Without much need, Wei Zhong directly circulated Lu Zhi's recital.

"Well, old minister, no opinion." Ma Shangshu was very happy this time, especially after reading Lu Zhi's budget, he directly agreed.

"If you have an opinion, we can talk about it,......" King Yue subconsciously said, and then he realized that something was wrong, "What?" Ma Aiqing has no opinion? ”

King Yue was shocked, he didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and the three scholars were also a little dumbfounded, no, this is not right, it doesn't conform to common sense at all!

"Humph!" Ma Shangshu pulled the old man with a donkey face, and his face was full of unhappiness, "Your Majesty, the old minister is stingy and stingy, but isn't this all for the sake of our Dayue." ”

As he spoke, he glared at the three scholars fiercely with small eyes that were half aggrieved and half angry, and glared at them one by one, but none of them fell.

"Uh......" King Yue was caught off guard, and the three scholars were also a little unbearable, and even felt as if they had done something really bad, and they felt a little guilty?

Ma Shangshu smiled secretly, his goal has been achieved, it is nothing to show some foreign appearances, he has to let the king know his good intentions.

He can be the head of the household department for so many years, how can he not have scheming?

Hey, although I am afraid of the king, but I am a good official, I am all for the sake of the court, and I am doing my duty.

"Haha, that's it, you all misunderstood Ma Aiqing, although he is a little stingy, but there is a reason for being stingy."

"Yes, yes, the king is right." King Yue snorted a haha, Xie Yan hurriedly echoed it, and then revealed this one.

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Together, they played a court drama of the loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and King Yue and the four important ministers continued to discuss politics.

Even Ma Shangshu himself admitted to slamming the door, so why did he agree so happily this time?

Hey, this problem lies in Lu Zhi's secret fold, he made a budget for repairing the official road in the end, and also gave an approximate valuation.

This kind of detail King Yue and the three scholars naturally don't pay too much attention, and they will pass it at a glance, they mainly focus on the general direction, from this point of view, they are quite similar to Lu Zhi.

But when it comes to Ma Shangshu's side, it is different, he must be fine, especially the amount of silver money, he is very sensitive, "Your Majesty, please look at this last page, here is a silver coin valuation made by the county master." ”

Wei Zhong circulated Lu Zhi's recital again, and this time King Yue understood that he didn't want millions, nor hundreds of thousands, but only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

Although it was only a repair, this number was too small, no wonder Ma Shangshu agreed so happily.

It's just that with these silver taels, how can Lu Zhi repair this road?