Under the urging of Hu Weiyong, the efficiency of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households has been significantly accelerated.

Needless to say, the household department allocated the money and grain early, after all, Hu Weiyong bought it with real money, and the household department was naturally happy to give food.

Although the work of the Ministry of Industry was cumbersome, under the supervision of Hu Weiyong, the route of the expressway between Yingtianfu and Songjiang was finally determined within three days.

After determining the location where the construction of the expressway began, Hu Weiyong found Zhu Yuanzhang in a hurry and reported the results of the past few days to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was overjoyed and naturally praised Hu Weiyong.

Just in time for Queen Ma to return from Shanghu County, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Queen Ma to discuss the matter together.

When Queen Ma arrived in the study, her face was not very natural.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't notice Queen Ma's face, and said happily to Queen Ma:

"Girl, come on, take a look at this roadmap planned by Hu Weiyong."

"We must start construction in six locations such as Yingtian, Huating, and Shanghu County."

"If this continues, I'm afraid that it won't take half a year for this highway to be completed."

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood, he didn't expect things to go so smoothly, so if all the highways could follow this speed.

Then it may not take ten years for him to build highways all over the country in the future.

Hu Weiyong also smiled at the corner of his mouth, and arched his hand towards Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"It's all thanks to the emperor's blessings and the queen's great help."

"Otherwise, I'm afraid that this highway will be delayed for a long time."

"I wonder where the slaves brought back by the queen are now? If they have already arrived in Yingtian City, then Weichen can take them to start construction tomorrow. ”

Hu Weiyong looked at Queen Ma expectantly, hoping to hear good news from Queen Ma.

Queen Ma's face was slightly red at the moment, and her speech was a little slurred, and she said:

"These slaves have arrived, but... It's just five thousand. ”

"Five thousand?"

Before Hu Weiyong could speak, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't sit still.

According to Hu Weiyong's plan, the six locations will start construction together, and 10,000 people will be a little stretched, and a large number of displaced people will continue to be recruited.

It may even be necessary to hire a group of local people after the agricultural hours have passed, so that it will be sufficient.

As a result, now the original 10,000 people are gone, and they are directly cut off and become 5,000 people, which makes Zhu Yuanzhang thunderous.

"What did Li Jin do? The 10,000 people who were clearly said to be good, why did they suddenly change their hexagrams? ”

"He's a bully!"

Hu Weiyong was also shocked, if there were really only 5,000 slaves, then the impact on his plan would be too great.

When the time comes, don't say that six places will start construction at the same time, I'm afraid that there will be three places that can start construction at the same time, and he will be thankful.

"Mother, what the hell is going on?"

"Why did Li Jin suddenly change his hexagram?"

"Li Jin can't help it, he didn't expect that he would be so harsh on the Japanese slaves under his rule."

Queen Ma was also helpless, everything was planned well.

As a result, when receiving slaves, it was discovered that there were so few male slaves in Shanghu County.

According to Li Jin's estimate, there were at least about 15,000 Japanese slaves in Shanghu County, but after the counting, he found that the male and female Japanese slaves were only worth a little more than 10,000.

There were even a little more female slaves than male slaves.

Perhaps under the influence of Li Jin, the people of Shanghu County have reached an astonishing level of attrition on male slaves.

Their attitude towards male slaves is that as long as they don't die, they will use them to death.

Shanghu County did not have the slightest affection for these widows, as long as the people who bought these slaves were all made to do the hardest and most tiring work, and at the same time eat the worst food.

Even if the owner is unhappy, beaten and scolded at every turn, starved for three days, and some people with bursting personalities are directly beaten to death.

In Shanghu County, you don't have to pay for your life if you kill your own Japanese slaves, but you have to pay for it.

In such an environment, it is a miracle that these 5,000 Japanese slaves have survived until now.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Hu Weiyong were a little dumbfounded when they heard Shanghu County's attitude towards the Japanese slaves.

More than 10,000 male slaves were forced to die in this way, and it is conceivable how poor the remaining 5,000 people are.

"Queen Mother, forgive me for taking the liberty of asking, can the five thousand people you brought back still do heavy work?"

Hu Weiyong cautiously asked about the worries in his heart, and after Queen Ma heard it, she looked a little embarrassed, but she still replied:

"This Lord Hu is relieved. These people can definitely be used. ”

"Before they came to Ying Tianfu, they were working in the fields, and they were doing the most tiring work."

"There's absolutely no problem with building highways."

The more Hu Weiyong listened, the darker his face became, what kind of crooked melons and cracked dates are these?

I don't know how long these people have been doing heavy work?

Coupled with the usual harsh treatment and non-stop work day and night, Hu Weiyong is very worried that these people will not even be able to live for a month.

Zhu Yuanzhang's face is not good-looking, after all, what he wants is a slave who can work hard for him.

If it's just a group of sick seedlings, old and weak, what do you want them to do?

"Girl, this is not appropriate, right?"

"We buy them because they want them to work for us, not to provide for them in their old age."

"What did the emperor say?"

Queen Ma glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"These people are all good at work, but Li Jin has given me a package ticket."

"None of them are now over forty years old, and they are definitely able to meet the demand for labor."

"Li Jin also said that these people are cheap bones, if you dare to be lazy, just whip a few lashes, and these people will be able to stand up and work."

"For their nation, the harder they fight, the more honest they are. The more they squeeze, the more power they will be able to burst out and help us repair the highway. ”

"In addition, Li Jin also guaranteed that if these people die naturally within a month, not from intentional murder, he will not take a penny."

When Zhu Yuanzhang and Hu Weiyong heard the last sentence, their faces looked a little better.

"In that case, Hu Weiyong, you should go down and arrange it immediately."

"Manpower is limited, so you don't want to fly at six o'clock, just pick three places first and start construction."

"The starting point is located in Yingtian City, and the end point is it."

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and then said:

"It's located in Shanghai County."

"Shanghu County has built a section of highway, and this highway of yours must be connected to his highway."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the bustling scene of people coming and going on the wharf in Shanghu County, and he drooled greedily.

Connected to Li Jin's highway, it can divert a part of the crowd from the wharf in Shanghu County.

Then his highway can collect more high-speed kilometers, thinking of this Zhu Yuanzhang only feels that the future is bright.

Hu Weiyong was slightly stunned, he didn't expect that a highway had been built in Shanghu County, no wonder the emperor shouted to build a highway as soon as he came back from Shanghu County.

Queen Ma next to her also interjected:

"The craftsmen brought back from Shanghu County have also been sent to the Ministry of Industry by me at this moment."

"These people used to be craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry, but when they arrived in Shanghu County, they were transferred from artisan households to private households by Li Jin."

"Therefore, Master Hu should not treat them as ordinary craftsmen, but still be courteous."

Hu Weiyong didn't say anything, but Zhu Yuanzhang was a little dumbfounded.

Take the craftsmen under his own hands and sell them to himself for money, is there still a royal law in this world?

"Bang!"

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table, he was about to get angry, but he was quickly stopped by Queen Ma next to him and whispered:

"Li Jin sent me 300,000 taels of silver some time ago, saying that he wanted to buy these craftsmen."

"It's just that I didn't see that you were short of money, so I didn't tell you."

"Now that these craftsmen are civilians, there is no need to embarrass them."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face instantly turned red, and he couldn't get angry, it turned out that he was stabbed in the back by his daughter-in-law.

Seeing this, Hu Weiyong didn't hear what Queen Ma said, but when he saw Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, he knew that it was not a good thing.

Hurriedly arched his hand to Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Your Majesty, Weichen will retire first."

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't speak, just waved his hand and asked Hu Weiyong to hurry down to do something.

After Hu Weiyong left, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Queen Ma and said:

"Sister, you have to tell us about this kind of thing in the future."

"Otherwise, we will be kept in the dark by you, and we will panic."

Queen Ma sighed and said:

"I'm also doing it for your own good, have you forgotten when you spent lavishly?"

"In less than three months, you have spent millions, and I will keep this silver for you in the future, and you will spend money indiscriminately."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't say a word when he was scared, and when he saw Zhu Biao snickering next to him, he said angrily:

"What are you laughing at, we don't have silver, will you have silver in the East Palace in the future?"

Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, then looked at Queen Ma aggrievedly and said:

"The queen mother, the son..."

Queen Ma ignored him, turned around and left the upper study.