Momiji Mountain is named after the maple trees on the mountain.

When autumn comes, the mountain is full of red leaves, slowly like fire.

It and the Mangshan Mountain in Northern Anhui belong to the remaining veins of Wuwang Mountain, and the Yinshan Mountain Range of Yinshan County in the north, together form a barrier between Yuntai County and Northern Anhui.

If it weren't for this, there would have been no need for the Northern Anhui rebels to use Fengtai County as a springboard and then attack Yinshan County.

"Sir, is this road new?"

Out of the city, Si Nian rode on a horse, looked at the smooth and neat bluestone road, and asked the curious Ren Pingsheng.

When she came from Lexian before, the official road outside the city had not yet been paved with bluestone slabs.

"Yes."

A line of more than 20 horses, the horseshoe fell on the bluestone road, constantly making a "pop, pop" sound.

When he went out to play, Ren Pingsheng was not in a hurry, he walked in front, next to Xiaowan and Si Nian, as well as the four major maids of Qingyin, Siqi, Forget the Book, and Picturesque, in addition to some attachés. Behind is Chen Dazhui with a team of guards to protect the safety of everyone.

Ren Pingsheng looked at the winding road ahead.

The road is smooth, even the edges and corners are carefully polished by hand, and each slate has been inspected without sharp and frizzy corners.

This is because he has high standards for road requirements, although there is no condition to pave asphalt roads and concrete roads, but in the planning, these bluestone roads will also run cars in the future, and you can bring a few new energy vehicles to come over in the future, whether it is to pull goods or people, it is very convenient.

"This time I fought with the rebels, and the more than 5,000 people who were captured were used to build roads.

Within the county, the roads to the market towns are to be built into smooth stone roads.

Now the priority construction is Chengguan Town to Qingcheng Town, Chengguan Town to Hongye Mountain, Chengguan Town to North Town, North Town to Yunlong County South Gate Town, these four important road sections, and according to the first-class road to repair, all built into a three-zhang wide smooth stone road.

In addition, 4 stone bridges will be built over the Qingshui River to facilitate the travel of people and Yuntaiwei. ”

Ren Pingsheng raised his whip and pointed to the road ahead and introduced the road repair project in Qingshui County.

Whether it is to mobilize the army into the battlefield more quickly, or to facilitate the factories in Qingcheng Town to mobilize resources more quickly, there is a need to build roads.

Road construction will play a very important role in the development of the next five years.

Moreover, Ren Pingsheng is a plan, under the condition that the fiscal and tax population can afford it, wherever the war advances, where the territory is fought, the road will be built.

However, building roads is extremely costly in terms of manpower, material and financial resources, and these more than 5,000 captives have to set aside a part of the quarry on the side of Yunlong Mountain to open the mountain to quarry and polish stones, and also to allocate a part to transport these polished bluestone slabs to various places, and there are more people who build bridges and build roads in various road sections.

With these more than 5,000 people, not to mention all the road construction plans in the county, even these four strategically important roads will definitely not be completed this year.

Moreover, in the case of strong labor, these captives, as laborers, had to ensure their food supply as much as possible, otherwise the loss of labor in the process of road construction would be very high.

Although you don't have to pay, there are about 5 tons of grain and grass consumed every day, and 150 tons in January, equivalent to 300,000 catties of grain, most of the granary.

It can be said that it is a very costly thing.

"Moo~"

A convoy of ox carts came from the direction of Yunlong Mountain.

The ox cart was full of stone slabs, all of which came from the quarry of Yunlong Mountain, and they were transported all the way here, and the cows were so tired that they were out of breath.

And behind the ox carts, there were hundreds of people, pushing small wheelbarrows, each with high stone slabs stacked on top of each other.

Although it was already late autumn, these laborers were sweating profusely.

Walking further on, I soon saw the construction site where the road was being built.

"glared at me, work hard to transform! If anyone dares to cheat, don't even think about letting me give you points! ”

With a notebook and pen in hand, the overseer rode a small black donkey along the roadside of the construction site. A pair of eyes roamed the laborers.

"The construction site supervisor actually relied on only a notebook and a pen to make these prisoners obedient."

Si Nian was amazed.

In her impression, the government must have an overseer with a sword and whip to ensure the progress of the project.

"Most of these captives were ordinary people who had been coerced by the rebels in Northern Anhui. Those who were born as bandits and bandits, and who committed the most heinous crimes, had already been punished as early as the beginning.

And to control these captives, it is only by two simple methods.

The first is grain distribution. Each person is registered, and every 100 people are organized into groups, and the food is distributed according to the group. The group that does it quickly and does it well has a sufficient daily food quota. The group that works slowly and of poor quality will have their quota cut. In this way, in each group, everyone supervises each other, and no one dares to be lazy.

The second is ideological transformation. Every day after work and at dinner, these captives had to undergo half an hour, or two quarters of an hour, ideological education, to erect correct and positive ideas for them. Prisoners who have undergone labor reform and ideological education can make a register and divide their households and fields and become the people of Qingshui County, and they can also join the army to protect their families and defend the people. ”

Ren Pingsheng explained to her.

He wanted to leave Si Nian to work for him, although she was a woman, she was excellent in kung fu, and she still knew a lot about aliens, cultivation, monsters, etc., if she could keep it, it would be a big help for herself.

Si Nian praised and said: "Mr.'s ability to govern the world is admirable. ”

In addition to the overseers on the construction site, she also saw some young men wearing blue robes and black gauze hats pointing at the construction site and directing the prisoners to work.

She saw that there were eight or nine hundred people, some were mixing sand and lime, some were digging the soil, and some were leveling the roadbed, and they were busy but not chaotic, and they cooperated with each other.

Even the captives are all working seriously, and there is no such common numb look on their faces, but their faces are full of seriousness, occasionally showing a smile, and they are also bright, such people are often full of hope for life.

In her opinion, this Qingshui County is really a paradise-like place!

She saw it in her eyes, and couldn't help but praise in her heart: "Mr. Ren is really a capable minister who governs the world!" Such a person is trapped in a small Qingshui County, what a condescension! ”

The crowd bypassed the construction site, and the road turned back into a dirt road that was crushed by ruts.

At half past one in the afternoon, everyone came to the foot of Mt. Momiji.

Looking at the Red Leaf Mountain in front of him, Ren Pingsheng sighed. When he just crossed over, he stayed in this red leaf mountain for more than two months.

And now, more than a year later, he has laid a large family business in this world.

(End of chapter)