And the power of the imperial court is limited after all, even if the sixth child is covered in iron, how many nails can he hit?

If we want to play a game of chess against Yunnan and let Yunnan operate benignly as soon as possible, we must involve the forces of the people. To put it bluntly, it is to let businessmen make money in Yunnan, and they will spontaneously take the initiative to contribute to the construction of Yunnan.

And the most lucrative businesses in Yunnan, whether it's tea horses, well salt or copper mines, all need unobstructed road support. Therefore, building roads is Zhu Zhen's first priority in governing Yunnan!

In his plan, in addition to building official roads connecting all the prefectures and counties in Yunnan, the three main passages connecting Yunnan with other provinces should be built into standard post roads.

The first is the five-foot road between Yunnan and Shu, the oldest passage into Yunnan, originally built in the Qin Dynasty, it starts in Yibin, Sichuan, and ends in Qujing. It is still an important link between the mainland and Yunnan.

Last year, Fu Youde's army set out from Nanjing, and the troops were divided into two roads in Wuchang, Guo Ying led 50,000 partial divisions to continue to enter Shu along the Yangtze River waterway, and then it was the five-foot road that was taken, and the Mangbu reached Wusa through Yongning.

This thousand-year-old road is also the shortest passage from the mainland to Yunnan, but the problem is also very serious. As the name suggests, it's only five feet wide, and it's a square foot, so it can only accommodate one small car, and a slightly larger car can't go away, let alone two cars in parallel. Zhu Zhen plans to widen it to one zhang to increase the transportation capacity of this passage.

The second road is the ancient road of Yunnan and Guizhou that Lan Yu and Wang Bi took when they entered Yunnan, starting from Kunming and ending in Nanning, Guangxi through Guangnan. This road is mainly used by merchants and travelers from Guangzhou, who are engaged in tea and horse business. And at present, it is also the nearest passage from Yunnan to the ocean, so although the utilization rate is relatively low, it is an out-and-out financial road.

The last one is the one that Zhu Zhen is taking now, and it is also the route of Fu Youde's main army to advance into Yunnan. It is the 'eastbound road' built in the Yuan Dynasty, starting from Qujing, Yunnan, running through the whole territory of Guizhou, and finally Huguang Changde Mansion.

Although the age is recent, the road conditions are equally bad, even after the renovation of the Ming army, Zhu Zhen can sit in the car, and he can break his intestines.

Moreover, this eastbound road is the most important passage from Yunnan to the south of the Yangtze River, and it is the Tongjing Avenue that can go directly to Nanjing. In the future, millions of immigrants will also enter Yunnan through this road.

Therefore, the widening and construction of this passage is the most urgent. Even before Zhu Zhen entered Yunnan, preparations began.

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Although those toasts promised well, Zhu Zhen didn't feel relaxed at all. Who knows if these chieftains and their natives will be able to repair the road?

He wasn't really optimistic, but he let the toasts do it first. If they can do a good job, it is of course excellent, but if they don't do it well, or if they don't do it well, they will be famous for cleaning them up by themselves.

There is no reason to just clean up the toast in Yunnan, but let the toast in Hunan and Guizhou go free. Those who are disobedient must all be cleaned up, so that there will be more and more obedient toasts.

When he arrived in Guizhou, Zhu Zhen's mood was finally good.

For he saw that a post road two feet wide had been repaired under his feet. The carriage was driving on the flat and solid road, looking at the wide road with no end in sight, he proudly said to Hu Yan beside him: "Ruosi, aren't you worried that the toast can't repair the road, now this post road is built by the toast of the east and west of the water,"

Hu Yanxin said who was worried, but he was very surprised on his face: "It seems that the students underestimated the toast and the local people." ”

"In fact, the toast in the east and west of the water is different from other places." Huang Guan on the side pushed the new glasses and said.

As soon as Hu Yan wanted to ask him what was different, he heard Deng Duo Pegasus come back and report: "The two Tho Mu have come to greet the prince!" ”

When Zhu Zhen heard this, he immediately bounced up from the golden bridle excitedly and jumped off the lane: "Prepare the horses, this king wants to kill them!" ”

So saying, he mounted the steed led by the guard, and stepped forward with a smoke.

Seeing this, Hu Yan and the others said that they thought that His Royal Highness didn't like toast, but it turned out that we were too narrow-minded. For the toast who is very cooperative with the imperial court, His Royal Highness is still very polite and virtuous......

However, when they caught up with His Highness, they saw the two flower-like maidens beside him, and they completely understood.

It turns out that His Royal Highness is not Corporal Lixian, he is simply lustful......

Hu Yan glanced at Huang Guan with admiration, and asked in a low voice: "You are well-informed enough, and you even know this kind of gossip." ”

"......" Huang Guan silently took off his glasses and lowered his head to wipe them.

In fact, he wanted to say that the toast in the east and west of the water is the descendant of the Luodian ghost country back then, and the great family that has been inherited for thousands of years must be different from the ordinary toast.

But it was obvious that he was wrong, and it seemed that the relationship between the two female toasts and His Royal Highness was not ordinary.

"I said how His Royal Highness encouraged us, we must find a local wife when we come to Yunnan." Ma Jun sighed: "It turned out to be an empirical talk. ”

"If I can find such a beautiful wife, I don't mind if she is Yi or Dai." Tie Hyun sighed. Except for Yang Shiqi, who has already served in the Prime Minister's Haizheng Yamen, all of them have followed the prince to Yunnan.

Among them, he and Huang Guan are a few, counting the year they have been studying in Guozi, they are all in the fourth grade this year, and according to the rules of Guozi University, they should have gone to the yamen to observe the political calendar for a year.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu gave an order, and the place of their history was changed to Yunnan. Moreover, the prince promised that as long as they served in Yunnan for three years, they could be given the Jinshi background and let them return to the mainland to be officials.

Of course, His Highness also welcomes their willingness to continue to stay in Yunnan, and will definitely not treat them badly.

Guozi college students are all loyal fans of His Royal Highness the King of Chu, and they have always looked forward to his horse's head, even if Zhu Zhen does not give these favorable conditions, they will come to Yunnan with him.

Like Ma Junze, who had already stayed in school to teach, was not within the scope of His Highness's recruitment, but he took the initiative to sign up and resolutely came to Yunnan with His Highness.

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In fact, His Royal Highness the King of Chu and Liu Ranzhu, who were luxuriant, didn't have any out-of-the-ordinary actions, just riding side by side, talking while walking.

But there are many rights and wrongs in front of the widow's door, let alone two such beautiful little widows, it is easy to be thought about too much.

Still, the content of their chat is very exciting.

"I just heard that His Royal Highness returned to Beijing to get married." Xiangxiang said softly.

"That's it, don't say a word when you leave, otherwise we will back up the congratulatory gifts for His Highness." Liu Ransom smiled and said, "It's really rude." ”

"Hehe, this king doesn't know that my father asked me to go back and get married." Zhu Zhen smiled at Liu Zhanzhu: "Otherwise, Gao Gao will take you into Beijing and let you get to know each other." ”

"What did I see the princess doing, I'm not the prince or anything." Liu Ranzhu glanced at him and said: "It's just a female toast who repaired the road for the prince, so it's useless." ”

(End of chapter)