But he was also genuinely curious.

Immediately.

Guo Chaodui was full of smiles and walked towards a group of people who were resting.

"Brother, what is this thing? How is it that long? What are you doing with all this effort? What's the use? ”

"By the way, we came from Datang in the south, and we haven't seen each other, so we ask."

Guo Chao didn't give them a chance to despise them, and he directly made it clear that he came from Datang.

Du Ruhui rolled his eyes in the back.

"Oh, Datang is here, hehe....this, this is called Yan Chi Dao."

"Your Majesty said that when it is laid, many carriages and chariots can be walked on it."

The old man sat on the ground and laughed.

"Yan Chi Dao?"

Du Ruhui sounded a little familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was for a while.

Without waiting for Guo Chao to ask, Du Ruhui squatted next to him with a smile: "Brother Tai, this is the road?" Can you walk on it? ”

Du Ruhui was very puzzled.

Without him, just because this Yan Chi Dao is too abstract.

They simply don't understand.

Two wooden rails side by side, very narrow, not wide.

There is also a lot of wood in the middle, and the cracks in these woods, as well as the sides of the wooden rails, are filled with stones.

Such a road can be walked.

I'm afraid it's hard for people to walk.

and the cement road in the city, which is not at the same level at all.

"yes, can you drive on such a road?" Qin Qiong was also stunned.

Kong Yingda and others, their minds are also messy.

No matter how you think about it,

I can't figure out how you can drive on such a road.

There are too many stones!

The old man, who was sitting and resting, smiled softly.

"We don't know, but Your Majesty said it was okay."

"Because Qin Chidao in the past also walked like this, the carriage went fast at that time! Our Great Yan is just restoring the glory of Qin Chi Dao. ”

Qin Chi said.

The whole process is a wooden "railway", which is no different from a modern railway, except that others are wooden.

Such a wooden road is called Qin Chi Road.

And it has also been passed down to future generations.

Even later generations can peek into the "railway" thousands of years ago, which is very magical.

And at the moment.

As soon as he talked about Qin Chidao, Du Ruhui suddenly woke up.

"What, Qin Chi said!"

"Qin Chi Dao....Yan Chi Dao....I understand, I understand! No wonder it looks so familiar, it turns out that this is the Great Yan version of Qin Chidao! ”

"This, this, Da Yan, is actually doing such an unconscious and effortless thing!!"

Du Ruhui's eyes widened in disbelief.

Qin Chidao was not in Chang'an, but he had gone to see it once before, thinking about whether he could recover again.

After all, the existence of Qin Chi Road can make the traffic portable, and it can open up official roads, which is beneficial and harmless.

But....

The price is too great, too big to be true!

So this plan was shelved.

After so many years, Du Ruhui thought that he had forgotten this thing a long time ago, but he didn't expect to hear it in Dayan.

Construction of Qin Chi Road.

It consumes too much manpower and material resources, and Da Yan....Da Yan has such determination!

Where did they get such a huge amount of finances.!!

Du Ruhui didn't understand.

And in fact.

The treasury of Great Yan is about to overflow.

On the one hand, it is to squeeze non-Han slaves, using their blood and lives as oil for the train of Dayan, and on the other hand, various official direct sales products such as perfumes and bicycles are born to collect a lot of money.

Outside, Chen Qing can still lead his troops out to the Turkic side from time to time to fight the autumn wind.

Multi-factor down.

The Great Yan Treasury is too rich!

is not afraid of having nowhere to spend money, Li Kuan is afraid that there is nowhere to spend money.

"What is Qin Chi Dao?"

Chai Shao and Qin Qiong and other military attachés were circled.

They are more powerful in the military, but they are more blind in politics and economics.

Du Ruhui quickly explained.

And under his explanation, Chai Shao and Qin Qiong all widened their eyes.

"This, Great Yan! There is such a finance!! ”

They were also full of disbelief.

Nowadays, it is a problem for the Tang Dynasty to even have enough to eat, and even if it is full, it has to repair the work in various places, as well as expand the army to guard against the Turks and the Great Yan, etc.

Suffice it to say, there is simply not enough money.

Even if it is enough, it will never be used for such flashy work as repairing Qin Chidao.

Yes.

Have all one's goods in the window.

Although Qin Chi Road is repaired, it can greatly increase portability.

But its importance is too low, and it costs a lot of money and material resources, isn't it just flashy?

can be determined.

In their generation, they don't know how to cultivate Qin Chi Dao at all.

But what about the Great Flame?

This country, which has only been established for less than two years, is actually repairing such flashy things.

They....are they so rich?

Where did the money come from!!

Qin Qiong and the others are really confused.

And Du Ruhui, who is an economic insider, is even more shocked that he can't attach.

The more the economy moves, the more you understand the necessity of repairing Qin Chi Road.

But Da Yan, I just did it....

In a way, how strong is the national strength of Great Yan....!

"It's a pity that so much manpower, material and financial resources are wasted on Yanchi Road, just for the transportation to be portable."

Du Ruhui couldn't help but lament.

"Waste? No, no, no, it certainly won't be wasted. ”

"Your Majesty said that as long as Yanchi Road is built, it will take more than half of the time to reach Liaodong City than usual, and the city can be more portable, because bicycles and other products exist, and the competitiveness is there, resulting in a very cheap carriage rental price, so we ordinary people can also take a carriage."

"This transportation is portable, so for example, sending things in war, visiting relatives in peacetime, etc., are a lot more portable."

The old man kept explaining.

Those nouns in the mouth, as soon as the stubble is stubble, they come when the mouth is opened.

Very cultured.

And there's a reason for that.

He hadn't read a book.

But when this Yanchi Road was built, many literate people came here to point fingers and nag, and they wrote down some of them.

Now.

These words stunned Du Ruhui for a moment.

It makes sense.

Is this a farmer supposed to say it?

When I think of the peasants and workers in my own Datang, I don't know what to ask, and when I think of the peasants and workers here....

The corners of Du Ruhui's mouth twitched.

This Great Yan is Great Yan, even the peasants and workers are better than some of their scholars in the Tang Dynasty.

This is outrageous!

And this.

In fact, it is also a country, and the self-confidence that naturally exudes after being strong.

is like a scholar in any village in later generations, when he goes to Feizhou, he will be regarded as a very literate person.

That's a good saying.

I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail.

Their phoenix tails, such as these peasants and workers, are culturally more powerful than some chicken heads [readers] in the Tang Dynasty.

"Wait, this Yan Chi Dao...."

Suddenly

Du Ruhui seemed to think of something, and said with wide eyes: "You....you still want to repair to Liaodong City?" ”

How far is Yanyun City from Liaodong City?

As a civil official, he didn't know.

However, Yanyun City was once an important city of the Liang Kingdom, and Liaodong City was an important city of Goguryeo, which can be said to be the distance between the two countries.

It's too far to imagine.

This also has to fix Yan Chi Road?

How much money, material and manpower!

Du Ruhui was shocked.

Instinctively thought it was bragging.

He's also an expert.

is economical, and often likes to draw big cakes for his subordinates and brag.

In order to stimulate their fighting spirit and motivation.

But....

Da Yan appeared countless magical things, which made Du Ruhui hesitate again.

Deafly, they didn't brag?

"Hahaha, repair to Liaodong City, yes! It's already being repaired! ”

Looking at Du Ruhan's jaw dropping in shock, the old man and Rong Youyan, even his back was straight and proud, this is the self-confidence given to him by the country of Dayan, and the self-confidence in the face of foreigners.

He straightened his back, was extremely confident, and said loudly: "Moreover, not only do you have to repair to Liaodong City. ”

"In the entire Yanchi Dao plan, I secretly saw the tip of the iceberg at that time, and His Majesty also planned to cultivate it to Datang."

Repair to Datang?

What is he going to do!!

When Du Ruhui heard this, he chuckled in his heart.

Qin Qiong and Chai Shao saw them, and their eyes were all shocked.

And quickly.

The old man unraveled their confusion.

"It's good to cultivate to Datang, this is good! There are many barren mountains and mountains along the way between Dayan and Datang, and there may be bandits and Turks, and His Majesty will definitely send heavy troops to protect the road when the time comes, and it will become a safe area at that time, and there will be some people in the future, so it is good to go back to visit relatives! ”

The old man said with a smile.

The old man's words were actually one of Li Kuan's intentions.

This year has passed, and he has left Datang for more than a year.

And during the time of blood and tears last year, many people in Datang came to him and encountered too many misfortunes.

There were a lot of people who died on the way.

Swamps, bitter winds, Turkic people, Goguryeo people, and so on.

Multiple obstacles.

Therefore, it is very necessary to establish an official road guarded by the Great Yan Army.

There may be a lot of difficulties and obstacles along the way, and no Turks will not rob because this is the official road of Dayan, but the army of Dayan will escort them, such as when General Baihu escorted those people back to Youzhou.

Escort all the way.

So.

Security may not be 100 percent, but at least it's safer than it used to be.

Isn't it?

"Such a vast project, the Great Yan Country Lord....is really awe-inspiring."

Du Ruhui couldn't help but speak.

Then he realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly changed his words: "Ahem, brother....hey, look at what those people do, can you tell us about it?" ”

Du Ruhui changed the subject.

At the same time, I was really curious about those people not far away.

The old man looked along Du Ruhui's finger and saw a group of people on the wooden rail, they were all teenagers and girls.

Holding a ruler, a notebook, and a pen in your hand.

"Oh, they're students."

"Look at the school uniform....they should all be students of the Department of Transportation, and their major is this wooden rail, so they will come here from time to time, and there are teachers with practical practice."

"When they graduate, they'll be our bosses."

"Oops~ They are all professionals, they are good! It's much better than those of us who work hard, without physical strength. ”

The old man was amazed and envious.

Then he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly spoke: "Hey~ By the way, I said that you should go to the government to register a household registration, right?" Our Dayan is much better than Datang. ”

"What is there to do in that place in Datang? Come to our Dayan, here....everything, it's all our people's! ”

The old man didn't forget to sell Da Yan.

wants to pull Du Ruhui and them over.

Du Ruyan snorted coldly.

"How is Da Yan?"

"Brother, I can't see it right."

"Look at you, you are all at this age, and you are still forced to serve by the Great Yan Mansion, but in our Datang, at your age, you will be exempted from forced labor."

Du Ruhui retorted.

He wanted to poke the old man's sore spot.

Let the old man know that Da Yan is not so perfect.

Qin Qiong also nodded again and again, after all, after such a long time, after being reminded by Du Ruhui, he finally found out that Datang surpassed Da Yan.

"Yes, brother, you are at your age in Datang, you can be sure....you don't have to do anything."

"But Da Yan is different, he still wants you to work, this is tyranny!"

"Yes!" Kong Yingda echoed: "Brother Tai, I advise you to go back to Datang, such tyranny, Datang doesn't have it." ”

"After all, the rapid development of Great Yan was exchanged for your physical strength."

Exchange the blood of one generation for the labor of several generations.

Back in the day.

Isn't that what Yang Guang is like?

When the Grand Canal was dug, forced conscription was carried out until the age of thirteen or fourteen, and up to the age of sixty or seventy.

Then, everyone knows about it later.

The government forced the people to rebel!

The people can't stand such tyranny!

But who knows, the old man shook his head directly, looking at Du Ruhui and them with great disgust.

"What? We're not servitude, we're working. ”

"Our Great Yan is developing rapidly, and it is true that there are many people who shed blood and physical strength, and even some people die due to overwork, but those are damned slaves!!"

The old man's eyes became fierce when he said this: "They! It's not a pity to die! ”

Du Ruhui and the others, for the first time, saw the old man who was good at talking became so terrifying.

They also saw those slaves when they entered the city, and they were all Turks, Goguryeo and other foreign people.

There were no Han slaves, even the Han people who had helped the Turkic slaves Han people, after the king of Chu took power, did not let them do slave work, but directly executed them all humanitarianly.

The nobility of the Han people made the king of Chu look down on him....Han people were slaves, even if they were dirty Han people.

Du Ruhui sighed.

Come to think of it, this old man has an unknown past, right?

In fact, it is.

The old man used to be a slave, but now under the leadership of the king of Chu, he turned into a slave and became a master.

When he returned to the master's position for the first time, he was afraid of those former alien slave owners at first, but now that so much time has passed, he is not afraid! I even want to kill those people myself!

"Ahem, that's wrong, where are we going?"

When Du Ruyan heard this, he was about to remind him, but the old man smiled and said, "By the way, I remembered." ”

"You think I'm a servitude, no..."

"Datang's forced labor is enforced, and it must be served, even if you are sick, you have to be forced to serve it."

"But our Dayan is not like this, this is a job, I am a worker of Yanchi Road, we have to receive wages every month, and you can do it if you want to, if you don't want to do it, you can resign directly, four hours a day [eight hours]."

(End of chapter)