Seeing the asphalt road in front of him, Liu Changlu naturally couldn't close his mouth excitedly.

His biggest thought at the moment is that within the seat of his Changzhou capital, all the counties will be paved with such roads, and the life of the common people will be much better.

Governor Liu is a good official who loves the people like a son, and he thinks not about his own political achievements, but about the lives of the people.

He found Lu Ning and said the idea, but Fu Bo on the side looked at him with a little sigh and said.

"Lord Futai, if you don't come, I really can't persuade my young master, since you are here, help me persuade me, the young master has been working day and night recently, and his body has lost a lot of weight."

Liu Changlu thought of this layer at this time, it turned out that Lu Ning was also teaching and doing it while teaching in order to guide these young men to refine asphalt, and he didn't sleep peacefully for several days.

Seeing the haggard Lu Ning, Liu Changlu felt a little ashamed, when he came in just now, he only cared about making requests, but he didn't look at Lu Ning's face carefully.

"Brother, it's not okay to do this, you have to pay attention to rest first, after all, the body is the premise of all work, so you go to sleep first, and when you make up for sleep, let's discuss the rest of the matter."

Lu Ning shook his head, and he said to Liu Changlu very indifferently.

"I said a long time ago, I don't want to be this bullshit county official, but since I have become a magistrate, I have to do what this position should do, and if the asphalt road thing doesn't come to an end, I can't rest at ease."

Of course, Liu Changlu knew Lu Ning's thoughts, but doing it day and night like this was naturally not good for his body.

These two are practical people, and their hard work pays off, and after a few months of hard work, all the official roads in the counties near Changzhou have become asphalt roads.

At this time, Zhang Xin, the political envoy, came to Changzhou Mansion to inspect, and as soon as he set foot on the land of Changzhou, he was surprised, and he said to the officials who accompanied him.

"This official road is so well maintained, almost spotless, and the road surface is clean and hardened, which is better than that of Kyoto, and the magistrate here is really a practical person."

A subordinate officer of the entourage hurriedly chimed in.

"Adults don't know, this road is called asphalt road, and it is also what I just heard about in my humble position, which is made of something called asphalt, which is much stronger than the brick road used on the official road, not only has the advantages that adults say, but also bears a lot of load, no matter how heavy the car is on it, it will not leave any marks."

Hearing this, Zhang Xin was even more surprised, and he couldn't help nodding secretly.

For a long time, Zhang Xin, who was born as a jinshi, still has some prejudices about Liu Changlu, who was born as a person.

It is no wonder that since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, a kind of atmosphere has gradually formed, and it is difficult to survive to the seventh grade, and the Jinshi will retire at the lowest of the fifth grade.

This time, he said that he came to Changzhou Mansion to inspect, but in fact, he also came to see what the newly appointed Liu Changlu was capable of.

If it was a corpse vegetarian who climbed up only by spending money and throwing money, Zhang Xin would naturally not let him sit firmly in the position of the prefect.

But when he saw the asphalt, his opinion immediately changed.

Those who can build these roads are naturally a great meritorious, and when you look at the infrastructure of a place, official roads are a very important part.

Because with good roads, there will be good transportation, commerce will naturally develop, and the common people will have money.

As an official from a Jinshi background, Zhang Xin is different from others, and his views are very enlightened.

After coming to the Changzhou Mansion, Zhang Xin clarified his identity, and the officials hurriedly went in to report.

Liu Changlu, who was dealing with the case file, was startled when he heard that the political envoy was coming, and hurriedly ordered.

"You ignorant fellows, can the envoy be the same as everyone else? even came in to report, but didn't hurry to open the middle door and fire a salute to greet him. ”

Ma Bantou hurriedly ran out, and according to Liu Changlu's arrangement, he opened the middle gate with a cannon to greet the political envoy Zhang Xin.

After Zhang Xin entered the lobby of Changzhou Mansion with a group of subordinate officials, Liu Changlu let them go to the back hall and asked his housekeeper to serve tea to the adults.

Seeing that Zhang Xin's people were all wearing crimson official robes, and the youngest was also a fifth-grade official, Liu Changlu naturally wanted to be polite.

"Lord Zhang and all the adults came to Changzhou Mansion, and they didn't inform them in advance, and the lower officials were not prepared, so it was a bit abrupt, and they confessed here in person."

Zhang Xin didn't inform Liu Changlu in advance that he was coming, just to make a surprise attack and check the real situation here.

What I didn't expect was that it was not the same as I expected, and Changzhou Mansion was peaceful along the way, not only surprised me on the road, but also lined up with businesses.

The buildings here are also lined up one after another, and they are even better than those in Beijing, and those who don't know think it's a provincial city.

Of course, these are the credit of Liu Changlu, the governor of Changzhou, Zhang Xin is naturally very satisfied with this, he said with a smile.

"Liu Futai, I didn't greet you in advance so that I could see the real situation of you here, and now I have made it very clear, so I want to apply to the Ministry of Officials for Zhuo Wei this year."

After hearing this, the officials present were all happy for Liu Changlu, which was amazing.

Every year, the political envoys of each province will nominate one or two officials to the imperial court, and only those who are top in all aspects of evaluation can be called outstanding.

Liu Changlu stepped down from his seat, bowed down in front of Zhang Xin, and then said.

"The fact that the adult can be so affectionate makes the lower officials panic, but I have to tell you the truth, this extraordinary is not my credit, but the acting Changning County Commander Lu Ning Lu Zi'an."

Hearing this, Zhang Xin was a little confused, he knew that Lu Ning's reputation was just a businessman, and now we have become county commanders again.