Xu Yingxu thought that Zhu Gui's bicycle needed to be made in a blacksmith shop.

So he needs close to 9,000 bikes now, which is a big project.

But how did he know that Zhu Gui was redeemed from the system store.

With the current level and conditions of the craftsmen in the blacksmith shop in Datong Province, it will take at least a month to make a bicycle.

And that's without guaranteeing quality.

So he didn't plan on having a blacksmith copy the bike.

Facing Xu Yingxu's question, Zhu Gui said with a smile: "In a week, this king will take out the number that General Xu needs, there are fifty bicycles here, you can take them back first and let some soldiers experience them." ”

Zhu Gui called his own soldiers and asked him to take Xu Yingxu to the warehouse to pick up the bicycle.

Bicycles, as a substitute product before the advent of the steam engine, could greatly improve the exchange of goods and people between the prefectures and counties in Datong Province.

In fact, when Zhu Gui read history in his previous life, one of his biggest insights was that the area of the ancient territory was actually subject to the transportation conditions at that time.

Traffic conditions include road conditions and means of transportation, which are subject to the level of science and technology to a certain extent, but not entirely.

This can be illustrated from one thing.

The territory of the Ming Dynasty changed greatly from the early to the later period, mainly due to the popularity of war horses, which strengthened the central government's control over remote areas.

And this control is weakened with traffic conditions.

If Zhu Gui could really invent modern means of transportation such as airplanes and steamships in this era, then it was not necessarily impossible for the territory of the Ming Dynasty to expand to the entire world.

It is precisely because of this realization that Zhu Gui has a paranoid pursuit of the steam engine.

And now that it's locked up by the system, he's going to settle for the next best thing and get the bike out.

In order to let ordinary people also experience the benefits of convenient transportation.

At this time, horses were still very rare in the Central Plains, and only high-ranking officials and wealthy merchants could use carriages.

And Zhu Gui's move is precisely to break through this.

Xu Yingxu called the garrison of the guard station this time to transport the bicycles away.

But as soon as he was sent away, Xu Miaoqing ran over and knew about Zhu Gui.

"Hey, why do you give everything to my brother? What about my bike? ”

It turned out that Zhu Gui exchanged fifty bicycles at a time last time, including the one that Xu Miaoqing rode.

Now that they have been taken away by Xu Yingxu, Xu Miaoqing will not agree.

Zhu Gui looked surprised, then patted his head, and reacted as if he had forgotten about it.

Before he could speak, Xu Miaoqing said: "You actually gave away everything you promised me, you, you ......"

Xu Miaoqing also wanted to say some 'cruel words', but saw that Zhu Gui was like a trick, and there was an extra bicycle behind him, and it was colorful, which was very different from the previous bicycles.

Xu Miao glanced at Zhu Gui innocently, and pushed the bicycle to play in the yard.

Zhu Gui stood in place and looked at Xu Miaoqing's back, not knowing what he was thinking, and walked towards the gate after a while.

Today, the disaster relief emperor didn't come to trouble him, could it be that Zhang Mao really settled him?

As soon as he pushed open the door, he saw Steward Wang walking back with his head down.

"Lord Wang, are you going out?" Steward Wang immediately asked.

Zhu Gui nodded noncommittally, and then asked, "By the way, did Zhang Mao get the silver from you today?" ”

"I took it, I withdrew a total of three hundred taels, and it has already been credited to the account." Steward Wang said.

It's only three hundred taels, which is nothing.

"Alright, you go get busy."

After Zhu Gui finished speaking, he went to the Datong Chamber of Commerce on the left side of the palace.

On the left side of the Chamber of Commerce hall stands a taskbar with the goods that the various merchants need to ship, which is intended for caravans.

The management model of the Datong Chamber of Commerce is different from that of other state capitals, because there are too many merchants joining the Chamber of Commerce and the number of caravans is also very large, so this flexible transportation measure is adopted.

Each time, as soon as there was enough goods to be transported, the caravan in repair would depart.

When a merchant representative on duty at the Chamber of Commerce saw Zhu Gui today, he immediately came out to greet him.

"Lord Wang, is there anything important about coming today?"

"Yes, you are now sending people to recruit 5,000 young men, the salary is double the road repair work, the road repair work can be suspended for a period of time, and the road repair workers can be given priority to participate in this task."

Zhu Gui said.

"Five, five thousand? Okay, we're going to do it, but what's the task this time? The merchant was startled and asked cautiously.

"Confidential."

Zhu Gui said.

"Yes."

The merchant representative left.

In the name of the Acting Palace, there is no need to explain the situation of the task now, and ordinary people will respond positively, not to mention double the salary.

It's just that even the road construction work has been suspended, and so many people have been gathered, what kind of big project will this be?

The matter of recruiting young and strong people cannot be hidden, and the people in various states and counties are very active, and the number of applicants has even exceeded tens of thousands.

The merchant's representative hurriedly came back to report the matter.

Zhu Gui was also quite surprised by this, but the people who built the city were obviously the more people, the better, so he waved his hand and hired all the people who signed up.

It's just that with so many people, it's impossible to keep things secret.

Fortunately, Zhu Gui did not hide it.

That night, he found Xu Yingxu and asked him to send someone to maintain order.

Xu Yingxu didn't expect to be able to gather so many people this time.

You must know that the conscription of labor in all dynasties has been the most criticized and complained about by the people, but I didn't expect the acting king to solve this problem.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that the royal palace has money, and no one dares to be greedy for the wages of these farmers.

"That's it, since we can't hide it, let's build this city in Hujian Gorge first, it is relatively close to Datong Mansion, even if the Mongols react, they can't gather heavy troops for a while."

Zhu Gui pointed to the location of Hujian Gorge in Wuzhou Mountain on the map and said.

What he didn't say was that there was also the cooperation of the Wolf Gang in the shadows, which had secretly swept away a small group of Mongol rangers.

"Hujian Gorge is flanked by high mountains, and the most important walls of the city only need to be built on both sides."

Xu Yingxu nodded and said.

"Yes, it is enough to repair the city wall first to prevent the Mongols from attacking, and then you can rush to build Blackwood City."

There are now 10,000 construction workers, and one-third of them are skilled road builders.

Zhu Gui felt that although it was impossible to build a 'night city' like in the history books, it was still very possible to build a fortress city within a week.

So when the Mongolian ministries were still preparing to hold a steppe conference, Datong Mansion was already preparing to build a city.