Yu Shinan was shamelessly forced to retreat by Li Yong, Li Yong knew that such a trick was still useful for nerds like Yu Shinan, what kind of monarch and ministers they believed in, so making a fuss in the name of Changle, Yu Shinan must not dare to make a mistake, because Changle is a king, he is only a minister, how can he not abide by what he has complied with all his life? Even if he knew that this was Li Yong's trick, he had to accept that Yu Shinan and Li Yong had a confrontation, but it was not deep, and it could not be a theoretical battle, and then he Li Yong did not go out to train or something, there was no intersection, and now he was facing the confrontation but he Yu Shinan was defeated, and he couldn't imagine that the official document he sent turned out to be a pit he dug, everything was under his Li Yong's calculations, he thought everything clearly, he sat in the pavilion without saying a word, the beautiful night and rockery attracted Yu Shinan a little, Suddenly, a black shadow appeared from behind him, startling Yu Shinan, who was thinking about life.

"Who?"

"Lord Yu, my family has something to pass on to you."

"Say."

Yu Shinan stared at the man in night clothes in front of him, he couldn't see who it was in the dark night, he only said one word succinctly, and the man in black didn't mean to hurt him at all, just put a letter in his arms on Yu Shinan's stone table, and then disappeared into the night without saying anything, Yu Shinan saw that the man in black was gone, picked up the letter on the stone table and opened it, and after reading the content of the letter, he put the letter aside and lit the candle.

"Li Yong, it's interesting, you want to see what the hell you want to do."

The next day, Yu Shinan only took a few henchmen to secretly leave the courtyard where he stayed, and then left Suzhou City, and when they came to the boundary of Huating County, the sentry and patrol were still there, but they did not stop them, directly let them pass, when their carriage drove on the flat cement road, Yu Shinan obviously felt that the carriage was no longer bumpy, he lifted the curtain, and was immediately attracted by the white and neat cement road, he had never seen such a neat and flat and strong road, and he did not wait for him to come back from the shock reaction of the cement road, His carriage stopped, and a voice passed through his carriage.

"Lord Yu, it's been hard all the way."

Yu Shinan opened the door of the carriage, and then walked out of it, and saw a young man in a brocade robe standing in front of him, he recognized it as Li Yong, he didn't expect Li Yong to come to pick him up in person, stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, and saw Li Yong respectfully saluting himself, although he was angry in his heart, but he couldn't lose his courtesy, and he also returned Li Yong's courtesy.

"Hua Tinghou, you asked the old man to come, I guess you have any explanation for this incident, right?"

Li Yong said with a smile.

"Lord Yu said with a smile, I don't have anything to explain about this matter, this time I asked you to come, mainly to let you visit Huating County, if you are interested, just go with me?"

Yu Shinan didn't know what medicine Li Yong sold in the gourd, and he couldn't figure it out for a while.

"Your Excellency, you won't be afraid, will you? I promise you'll be an eye-opener. ”

Just kidding, as far as Huating County designed by Li Yong and some systems in later generations, Li Yong is confident that this nerd will never be forgotten.

"Hmph, what's so terrible, I don't believe that you Li Yong still dares to detain the imperial court officials, please."

"Adults are really joking, please."

Li Yong made a gesture of please, Yu Shinan put his hands behind his back, swaggered through Li Yong and walked in front, Li Yong didn't care just smiled at the old child, they soon came to the city gate of Huating County, and saw the tall city wall and the strange design of the fortress, Yu Shinan saw such a city wall for the first time, Li Yong began his explanation work at this time, he said to the fortress and Yu Shinan.

"Your Excellency, please see, this is designed according to a national fortress called England on the other side of the sea, you see, several sides of the fortress, no matter what angle can attack, and can protect the soldiers in the fortress, my lord touch this city wall again, this is built of cement, even if the strongest catapult hits, there will be no damage."

Yu Shinan walked curiously to the city wall, stroked the warm city wall exposed to the sun with his hand, and then beat it hard, at this time Li Yong waved his hand, a strong man with a sledgehammer walked to Yu Shinan's side, Li Yong pulled him aside, the strong man directly picked up the sledgehammer and smashed it to the city wall, a magical scene happened, the huge hammer smashed on the city wall and made a loud noise, but not even a brick of the city wall was smashed out, just left a white mark, the strong man smashed for a quarter of an hour before stopping and retreating, Yu Shinan ran up, There was nothing to do with the city wall in between, and it could be described as indestructible to describe the shock in his heart, and he thought that if he wanted to break through here, even tens of thousands of troops might not be able to break through.

"My lord, let's go into the city."

Li Yong brought Yu Shinan, who was still in shock, into Huating County, the neat and flat cement road was spread throughout the city like a net, and the neat and scattered houses made the whole layout more coordinated.

"My lord, the road we are walking on now is called cement road, this is a new type of building material, characterized by sturdy and durable, and simple laying, as long as you pour it on the tamping dirt road, and then smooth it, you can do it, and the speed of air drying is very fast, which can save the people's forced labor, so that they can do other things more time."

"And how long can such a road last?"

Yu Shinan knew that what kind of cement road he was taking now would definitely make a qualitative change in Datang.

"For a long time, even if it is damaged, you only need to re-pour cement on the damaged part to continue to use it."

Hearing this, Yu Shinan was not calm, such a good thing can greatly change the road of the Tang Dynasty, and as Li Yong said, it can reduce the servitude of the people.

"Then such an important thing, why didn't Huatinghou enter the court to share the worries of the saints, didn't Huatinghou want to pay for the people?"

It's another moral kidnapping, and Li Yong is also convinced, but these are just farts for him, he said lightly.

"My lord, don't talk to me, I'm not a gentleman, what you said is useless to me, think about it, I built the library in Chang'an at that time, I made these things, all of which I learned from the books in it, and I have seen the hard work of countless people to make it, but you were going to tear down my library at that time, saying that the books in my library are heretical, and now I made things from heresy, you think it is easy to use, isn't this a contradiction? Anything made has its value, what do you think about the technicians who have been developing these days and days for the saints? If they don't have to provide for their families, they are not the people? So, if you want to use cement, you can buy it, but there is no way to buy it. ”

After listening to Li Yong's words, Yu Shinan also fell into thought, and he asked calmly

"If the imperial court is good to buy these cements, what is the price?"

"Cement is very cheap, and it was very expensive to build roads at that time, I believe Lord Yu should know about it."

That's right, if you want to build roads, then the imperial court will definitely have to pay a lot of money, even if you let the people do it for free, but there are so many roads in the Tang Dynasty, isn't it the official forcing the people to rebel like this? So he agreed with Li Yong's statement, Li Yong continued to take Yu Shinan to visit, Yu Shinan saw a courtyard house, the houses are made of cement, and the luxury of glass windows, so Yu Shinan scolded Li Yong for not knowing the hardships of the people, and let these houses live with money, Li Yong knew that the old man misunderstood himself, but he didn't explain, because facts speak louder than words, at this time many people began to go out to work, go to the farmland, when they saw Li Yong, they all smiled and waved their hands to Li Yong to say hello, Just like seeing good friends, Li Yong greeted them without a fight.

"Master Hou, when are you going to eat at our house? Yesterday, the kid from Erhu grabbed a big push of seafood and came back, but it was fresh. ”

"Really, take me to see what's there."

Saying that, Li Yong followed the man home, Yu Shinan was still angry, because he felt that the people who lived in such houses must be rich and noble, and all such houses here are like this, where did the poor people go? He must have been driven away, but he saw that the people who came out of these houses seemed to be ordinary people, because the leaders were wearing simple and spectacle clothes, and some were holding farm tools, and the Huating County he saw was very weird, he followed Li Yong to the man's house, the neat, clean and spacious courtyard house, which surprised Yu Shinan, this is that there is no such luxurious house in Chang'an, although it is not as good as the houses of those noble officials, but it is a thousand times better than the houses where the vast majority of people live in Chang'an, Li Yong squatted in the yard, Looking at the seafood in the bucket, Yu Shinan took the man aside and asked.

"This nobleman, every family here is really good, they all live in such a big house, what about the other people here?"

The implication of Yu Shinan is that you are all rich people, where have those people who have no money gone? The man didn't understand, and replied very honestly.

"Old man, you're from out of town, right? At first glance, you are the first time to come to us, I am not a nobleman, I am just an ordinary person, we can live in such a house are lost to Hou Ye, if it is not Hou Ye, we still live in the thatched house, look at the way you are wearing silk and satin, you know that you will definitely not be a thatched house, that is, the wind blows a little stronger, and it leaks when it rains, not to mention how miserable, after Hou Ye came, he built such a good house for us, and what house do the others live in, I remember that they are all the same, there is no difference, If you have money, buy bigger. ”

Yu Shinan felt incredible when he heard it, the entire Huating County lived in such a house, does that mean how rich a small county like this should be, and how much did Li Yong pay for the whole thing?

"Then Li Yong doesn't take your money?"

"Hey, don't call Hou Ye by name, it's not good if others hear it, remember, Hou Ye is our most respected person here, he was sent by His Majesty the Emperor to save us, you said to collect money, then it must be collected, Hou Ye said, we are all poor people, we don't need money before we have a stable income, once we have income, we have to pay rent, but the rent is very cheap, just like my house, it is only fifty yuan a month, which is very cheap."

"What? Fifty Wen, he dares to charge you so much money? ”

The man was very confused when he saw the angry old man, he didn't think fifty wen was a lot.

"Is it much? As far as my daughter-in-law is concerned, her monthly salary is thirty yuan, and we all feel that Hou Ye collects too little. ”

Yu Shinan heard it and wanted to vomit blood directly, you and his meow are paid thirty times a piece, in Chang'an, a five-grade official has this Yulu, one of you here is more than a fifth-grade official, where is the reason of heaven, no wonder he said that fifty wen is less, that is really less, it can be said that it is not an exaggeration.

"Then you have any other income in the family, right?"

"Brother, you know the reader at a glance, come, let's sit and chat, I am at home with my wife, two sons, the eldest is married, the second brother is now following his brother to the sea to work, we were originally poor in Huating County and have no food to eat, because we have no arable land here, we can only go to sea, one will not come back if we are not careful, and then the Hou Ye came, took us to open up the wasteland, and taught us to plant Zhancheng rice, this Zhancheng rice is really a good thing, three crops a year, and the yield is so high, listen to the old people in the inner city said, they have five stones per mu a year, It's terrible, the old man, my family has ten acres of land, because no one cares about those pirates who have committed things to do, we usually go to the field to see it, there are people who have Hou Ye look at those pirates, there will be no problem, in addition, Hou Ye's transformed fishing boat, big and safe, and what kind of trawl net, this net, more than we used to go to sea to fish for a month, now my two sons catch a day of seafood are sold to special collection stores, a day is a good income of hundreds of income, yesterday is not to catch something good, my sons are filial, I didn't want to sell it, so I brought it back to eat, I just met you, and I will eat it here at noon. ”

After listening to what the man said, Yu Shinan was completely shocked, he looked at the young man who was squatting in the bucket looking for this seafood in disbelief, a young man who made him completely incomprehensible, he was only seeing the tip of the iceberg in Huating County now, and what else was behind him, he didn't dare to think about it at all, even if he thought about it, he couldn't think of what it was.