"This is the ice car?"

Somewhere in the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry, there was a strange car circling around today, and he was very curious and asked, "Can such a car walk fast on the ice?" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The old man waved his hand, and immediately two coachmen came over and pushed the strange ice cart to a large area of frozen pond.

The weather in the capital is particularly cold this year, and this large pond has become covered with thick ice, not to mention that adults can walk on the ice without any problem, even the pack horses brought in can easily walk on the ice.

Then, the coachman connected the carriage and the horse, and performed a trick of walking quickly on the ice in front of the present day.

The old man has a smile on the corner of his mouth, but it is just an ice car in the future, and the simple structure can be of great use in the current situation.

He instructed the craftsmen of the Ministry of Works to build it in order to relieve the troubles of today.

Today's brain is very bright, and when he saw the performance in front of him, he reacted instantly, and was pleasantly surprised: "This car, can walk quickly on the ice of the canal?" ”

At present, the trouble that plagues the court is that the water and land connection between the capital and the outside world is almost severed.

Although the capital does not have to worry about food problems for the time being, even if it is supported for half a year, it is difficult for the capital to contact the outside world for a long time, which is likely to cause unnecessary trouble.

There has never been a shortage of careerists in the locality, and no one knows if someone will take advantage of the situation, and it will be inconvenient for the capital to deal with it at that time, and I don't want to see such a situation happen today.

What's more, the powerful and powerful people in the capital gathered, and half of the powerful ministers of the entire Great Qi were concentrated, and they and the families behind them were not only satisfied with food, but also the various supplies and luxury goods consumed in the inner house alone were an extremely staggering amount.

The lack of it in a short period of time can be endured, but after a long time, it is estimated that the inner courtyard of the powerful family will be turned upside down.

At the same time, all kinds of living and production materials in the capital are extremely dependent on external support, and the current ice school blocking the road for a long time may also cause a lot of chaos.

If the ice truck made by Jia Enhou can walk quickly on the thick ice, he can use the ice car to communicate with the outside, at least the materials from the outside can be quickly transported to the capital to alleviate possible trouble.

"Your Majesty, the officials and craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry went to Tongzhou to check the freezing situation of the canal, and there is no problem for such an ice car to run like a fly in the Gyeonggi section of the canal!"

The eldest man smiled leisurely: "The weather is not so cold after leaving Gyeonggi, and I think the canal can still operate normally in the Yuzhou area!" ”

"So what are you waiting for?"

"Immediately build a large number of ice trucks and go to Tongju to carry the materials that have been piled up outside Gyeonggi!" ”

"Your Majesty, it's not easy to walk from the capital to Tongzhou!"

The eldest lord said with a smile: "It is best to use work for relief, organize the young and strong among the displaced people, and quickly lay the ice road from the capital to Tongzhou, so that after the canal materials arrive in Tongzhou, they can be quickly transferred to the capital through the newly repaired ice road!" ”

"What ice road?"

Today was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and exclaimed: "You mean, something similar to Qin Chidao?" ”

is worthy of being an emperor, and the brain is the light!

The old man smiled: "It's almost, it's just not as exaggerated as the gallop road, it's just that the method of releasing water and freezing the soil is used to artificially create an ice road for the rapid passage of ice cars!" ”

"I'm afraid the amount of work is not small, right?"

Today, I am a little excited, but I am still a little hesitant.

He was afraid that the treasury had no money to give him poverty, and now he finally saved millions of taels of silver by urgently urging the debt, but he didn't want to go down the drain directly.

Mainly in today's view, the ice road is just an expedient measure, and when the weather warms up, the ice road will naturally be useless, so spend a lot of money to make an ice road from the capital to Tongzhou, how do you feel that you are spending money, this is not possible!

"There are so many displaced people outside the city, and a casual organization can pull up a group of hundreds of thousands of young and strong people, and the construction at the same time is just a day or two of work!"

The old man smiled: "Anyway, they are idle, so it's better to work hard to earn wages!" ”

"Wait, you're saying that you pay the laborers with food?"

Today's eyes lit up, this idea is really good, at the moment he has not much else in his hands, but there is a lot of food.

"Naturally!"

The eldest lord smiled: "For the homeless, food is much more precious than gold and silver!" ”

"That's good!"

Today, I did not hesitate to make a decision: "This matter is in charge of the Ministry of Industry!"

"Your Majesty, where is the grain?"

The eldest lord was not polite, he responded directly, turned his head and asked the most important thing: "The minister is not very happy to deal with the household!" ”

"You can just contact the embroidered guard!"

Today smiled slightly, with an inexplicable look on his face, but he didn't react badly to the words of the big man, not long ago, this person in front of him tore his face, if he turned his face, he could treat it as if nothing happened, and today he really didn't have to rest assured that such an important matter was handed over to the big man to be responsible.

With the emperor's instructions, the eldest lord quickly got busy, and soon organized the officials of the Ministry of Works, and began to recruit young people among the refugees to prepare for a big job.

This time, he was not polite at all, and directly contacted the heads of the three families of Wang Shixue, and beckoned the three of them to participate in the preparation of capable people, so as to show the ability of the four major families of Jinling.

Lian Er was very busy as a Shuntian Mansion, he couldn't even see a shadow all day, and it was late at night when he returned to the house every day, and he fell asleep after returning to the house, and he didn't have the energy to pay attention to Wang Xifeng, the pillow person.

Such a situation made Wang Xifeng naturally very dissatisfied.

"Second Master Lian, what are you busy with, I see that you are tired, you are about to lose weight and lose shape!"

On this day, Wang Xifeng deliberately waited for Lian Er to come back, and while helping to take off his coat, he instructed Ping'er to send a stomach-warming soup, and kept chattering without being polite.

"Oh, isn't it that little in the yamen?"

Drinking the stomach-warming sweet soup in one go, Lian Er's whole body was in good spirits, and he said with a wry smile: "All kinds of prices in the city are soaring, and the common people can't afford such a high cost of living, and it's been a bit of a ruckus recently!" ”

At this, he shook his head and said with a palpitation; "Fortunately, the outside of the city is not under the management of the Shuntianfu Yamen, otherwise the master will have to fall into those homeless camps outside the city, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to the house for several months!"

"Didn't you say that the eldest master also started tossing, didn't the second master Lian get involved?"

Wang Xifeng didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "The second master and Brother Zhu in the second room are all busy, and I don't know what the eldest master is tossing?" ”

"Who said Ye didn't participate?"

Lian Er pursed his lips and said arrogantly: "Communicating with the people of Shi Wang Xue's family is all done by the master, but the master is not lightly tired!" ”

As he spoke, seeing that Wang Xifeng's expression was not good, he smiled and said, "As for why the eldest lord is so tossed, isn't it so that the eldest lord can step into the ranks of senior officials as soon as possible?" ”

Only when you have really been in the officialdom for a long time do you know how difficult it is to be promoted from the fourth rank to the third grade, especially if you are like him and are not the sons of honors and nobles who are on the right path in the imperial examination, it is not easy to cross that gap without enough merit.

"Didn't you say that after paying off the million taels of silver, Second Master Lian will be able to ascend?"

Speaking of this, Wang Xifeng's face hurt, it was a full one million taels of silver, and he felt distressed when he saw the court take it.

Don't talk about her, the old lady and Mrs. Wang are also very distressed, and secretly scold the eldest master for being a loser, but the matter has already happened, even if she is unhappy in her heart, she is helpless.

If it weren't for the fact that the eldest man said that he would be able to repay the arrears, he would be able to make a few people in the officialdom of the family go further, and I am afraid that the dissatisfaction in the house would not be easy to calm down.

Listening to Lian Er's meaning now, it seems that things are still repeated, and the loss of anger is extremely unpleasant.

"Don't talk nonsense!"

Lian Er said angrily: "There are three people in the mansion who are messing around in the officialdom!" ”

Speaking of this, he said helplessly: "If you let the master go up alone, Feng Lazi, what do you guess is the reaction of the old lady and the second room, can the house be peaceful?" ”

Wang Xifeng was stunned when he heard this, it was really such a reason, if he still owed the silver and asked the big house to get cheap, the second room and the old lady would never agree.

When the time comes, she doesn't think she can hold on.

"This time, the eldest master has found a great opportunity to make meritorious contributions, although the matter is a little cumbersome, there is no risk at all, and he can still leave a good impression there!"

Lian Er said proudly; "Otherwise, do you think that the master is so free, and he has nothing to do to mobilize all the forces of our four major families in Jinling in the capital, and don't you share the benefits with everyone?"

"The benefits are all for you, so what benefits can the big master get?"

Wang Xifeng asked rhetorically; "If it's not good, will the lord do it?"

This one......

Lian Er was stunned by the question, but he didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "The master naturally has his own plans, we don't know what it has to do with it, anyway, it won't hurt my own son!" ”

Wang Xifeng pursed his lips, but he didn't continue to say ugly words, but in his heart, he decided to go to the other courtyard a few times recently, and it would be good to explore the thoughts of the eldest master.

Not only Lian Er and his wife, but also the second master and Mrs. Wang in the second room, as well as Jia Zhu and Li Kun, all felt inexplicable about the eldest master's actions, but they just subconsciously followed the baton of the eldest master, and did not slack off because they had doubts in their hearts.

The old lady guessed a clue, but she was very unimpressed, she was quite indifferent to the eldest master's actions, there is definitely something wrong with this guy's brain, and it is good to let the Rongfu family monopolize it, why let the other three families follow the benefits?

The eldest lord naturally doesn't know what the house is talking about and speculating about him, and even if he knows, he won't care, and it's not his turn to talk about things in the house.

The four major families of Jinling are worthy of being a big hill in the old Xungui group, and once they really run out, the energy is quite amazing.