With their strength, as long as they go down with one finger, they can even poke off a hundred-year-old tree, and they still use a knife to chop wood?

Lin Zifan, who couldn't even explain this truth to them, could only change his thinking: "Then you have heard of it now! Moreover, what I want to say is that if you want to get rich, build roads first!"

"To fight a war is to fight for money!"

"Therefore, the first batch of gunpowder should be used to build roads, at least, we must repair the official roads from Chang'an to the mountains of Hebei, to the front lines in various places, and to major cities!"

"Why?" Prime Minister Cao Cheng couldn't turn around: "Fighting a war is making money, we know, but what does getting rich have to do with building roads?"

Datang is afraid of poverty up and down, and when he hears that he can get rich, Prime Minister Cao Cheng is still very interested, but the question is, getting rich has something to do with road construction?

The empress didn't say anything on the side, but she looked at Lin Zifan quietly, she knew that whenever she was like this, she couldn't interject, but she just listened to Lin Zifan honestly.

Although according to the investigation, although this product seems to have changed since returning from the army for his mother, fortunately, these changes are developing in a good direction, and the empress does not want to delve into it.

"If you want to get rich, build roads first, it's very simple and very clear!" Lin Zifan stretched his waist and 'lectured' to a group of civil and military officials who had been smoked as 'blacks'.

"Prime Minister Cao Cheng should know that in our Chang'an, there are civilians from all over the world every day, and even 100,000 people from the mountains, who come to sell them with their furs and mountain goods, right?"

"This is nature!" said Prime Minister Cao nodded.

Although she is not very prominent, she is also very qualified in all aspects, and she naturally knows these things.

"So, originally it took them 20 days to go back and forth from 100,000 mountains to Chang'an, but if the road is repaired, it will only take 15 or even 10 days, so the time saved can be useful?"

"This ......" Prime Minister Cao Cheng was stunned, and the other officials were also thoughtful.

"Nature is useful!" Lin Zifan explained to himself: "Time is money, and the time saved, they can hunt more furs or mountain goods, and they can make more money!"

"To put it simply, even if we collect taxes from it, the pressure on our Datang treasury will be reduced a lot. From this alone, it can be seen that as long as the road is repaired, both the common people and the treasury will be much richer!"

"Repair!"

When the empress spoke, it was directly a repair word: "This road, we have to repair it!"

For a poor and scared foodie empress, as long as she hears that she can make money, it is absolutely unconditional support.

"Your Majesty......" Prime Minister Cao Cheng was embarrassed: "What Lord Lin said is very reasonable, and the minister agrees, but this road is ...... Whether it's money or gunpowder that the military department urgently needs, we ...... it."

She didn't say it too clearly, but everyone could understand it.

There is no need to talk about the urgent needs of the gunpowder troops, and when you get the troops, gunpowder is human life! Let's talk about money...... Datang is almost poor and a dog, where will the money come from to build roads?

Moreover, if so many roads are built, the devil knows how much it will cost! All the official roads from Chang'an to the major cities to the battlefield will be repaired?

Prime Minister Cao Cheng felt that it was unrealistic......

The empress also frowned after hearing this, her family knew her own affairs, and it seemed that she did not have extra money to build roads.

"I've thought about that. Lin Zifan shook his head and smiled: "Road construction, in everyone's opinion, is paved with stone slabs or even boulders, right?"

"That's nature!" Li Shangshu took over the topic: "If it weren't for the boulder, it wouldn't be able to bear the weight or foot strength of many fierce beasts at all, and if you step down, the road surface will be broken, so it's better not to repair it!"

"But if it is all paved with boulders, it is too labor-intensive and too expensive!"

"This is also the reason why we have never built the road, the cost is too high, Datang can't afford it!"

"This point, I am free to solve it, and there must be a pay, but it is definitely not as exaggerated as you think!" Lin Zifan smiled and said: "Moreover, think about it, if we put the first road between Chang'an and the mountains of Hebei, then the transportation speed of sulfur will at least be nearly doubled!"

"In this way, the production rate of gunpowder will be nearly doubled, so that you think, this way ...... Repair?"

The stone road doesn't work, according to everyone's idea, you have to pave the road with boulders!

But in Lin Zifan's opinion, this is not the case, cement or asphalt road, which is not more 'good quality and cheap'? Especially asphalt road, it is simply a perfect highway!

Can you explain to them what asphalt and cement are? I'm afraid that I can't tell them that it's dark, but I might as well explain it with another example......

And obviously, the effect is extremely significant.

As soon as he heard that the production speed of gunpowder could be doubled after the road was repaired, the eyes of the military department Shangshu were straight: "Xiu, Your Majesty, Lord Lin, we must repair this road!"

"Even if we only build this road, even if it costs a lot, we have to build it!" she said, looking excited......

"If that's the case...... Prime Minister Cao Cheng frowned slightly: "Lord Lin, it's not that the old body doesn't believe you, but ...... It's a bit bizarre. ”

"But if it really reaches the level you said, the old minister has no opinion, everything, Your Majesty is in charge!"

"Yes, it's up to Your Majesty to decide ......"

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty nodded one after another, and when Lin Zifan saw this, he couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

Who said that the people of the Tang Dynasty were honest? These officials reacted faster than anyone else!

Many people opposed it before, but as soon as they heard that the benefits were so great, they all began to say that they had no opinion.

But note that it's just no opinion, not in favor, not against!

Anyway, let's build one first to see the effect, if it doesn't work, then collectively persuade the empress to give up building the road, no matter what, you don't have to take the blame......

However, this kind of slippery head is normal in Lin Zifan's opinion, as long as he doesn't lag behind, he can say anything.

"So...... Lord Lin, that's hard work for you. The empress looked at Lin Zifan, her expression was full of happiness.

She actually really wants someone to really help her share her worries, and Lin Zifan seems to have helped her a lot during this time, which makes her very satisfied and happy.

"For Your Majesty's sake, it's not hard. Lin Zifan smiled.

was ridiculed by Lin Zifan like this, the empress's pretty face turned slightly red, and then she said: "The military department is still obeying orders!"

"The minister is here!"

"From now on, in addition to war-related matters, the main task of the military department is to follow the arrangement of the logistics officer of the forest and repair the road as soon as possible!"

"At the same time, send some people, day and night, to transport sulfur ore from the mountains of Hebei to Chang'an, and send all credible people to learn the method of making gunpowder from the forest logistics officer!"

"Minister, obey!"

Liu Shangshu accepted the order with an excited face, this is a great thing!

"Lin Logistics Officer......" The empress looked at Lin Zifan and said with appreciation: "I ask you, what do you want? As long as I can give it, I will not be stingy!"

"Your Majesty, the minister has nothing else to ask for......" Lin Zifan stepped forward with affection, and suddenly grabbed the empress's pair of softness: "The minister just wants to look at Your Majesty more......"

"Just because, in the eyes of the minister, there is only His Majesty ......"