Chapter 529 Volume 5 Teaching Wei Shuyu

Author: Going to Drunk People

Chapter 529 Volume 5 Teaching Wei Shuyu

As a person from later generations, Li Chengqian has naturally seen that kind of muddy road.

Especially after it rains, the road conditions are really hard to describe.

Of course, this is also related to the traffic volume and the bearing capacity of the road, but no matter what, since the road has been decided to be built, it is natural to avoid pitfalls as much as possible.

Moreover, this is still an official policy. If there is an unexpected accident in the future and a large army is needed to go out, and it happens to be a rainy time, it will affect the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.

"What do you mean by His Highness?" Yi Yuanxi asked.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said, "Let's go and see the road you built first."

Since it was an on-site inspection, Li Chengqian was not here to show off. Although he did not know how to build roads, he had seen others build many roads in his previous life.

Immediately, everyone walked towards the Chidao under construction again, not far away.

There are quite a few people busy on the construction site. At the moment, almost all of them are carrying hoes and digging ditches and bumps on both sides of the road. The purpose is to widen the road.

"It won't work this way." Li Chengqian took a cursory glance at the road they were building, shook his head, and said, "If this happens, if the carriages run over it for a few days and there are a few heavy rains, the road will be unstoppable.

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"Weichen also understands this truth." Yi Yuanxi said, "But everyone practices it this way. We can only repair it in the future."

This is the truth. Not only did they do this, but even the Tang Dynasty also did this.

There's no way, that's how it is in this era. It's not Changming Street or Zhuque Street. This is a Chidao, which can easily run hundreds or thousands of miles. If we really want to build a street like Changming Street or Zhuque Street, the cost will be absolutely astronomical.

Ihara-seok continued: "And when it comes to the rainy season, no one will run around. Even those doing business will try to avoid the rainy season as much as possible."

In fact, he still wanted to say, didn’t he come here like this before?

But he never said this out loud.

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "Since we have started to build Chidao, we don't say it will be done once and for all, but the purpose is for future convenience.

And, who told you that this problem cannot be solved?"

"Your Highness, do you have a solution?" Yi Yuanxi was stunned.

If it can really be solved, that would be a good thing.

Li Chengqian said: "In this way, you first have people determine the route, just as we planned, ten paces wide, pull it up with ropes on both sides, mark it, and then dig the road surface, at least one foot deep."

"Dig the road?" Yi Yuanxi was a little surprised. What kind of operation was this?

Li Chengqian nodded and said: "Yes, dig out the road, then backfill with sand and gravel, and finally fill the joints with fine soil. At that time, I will order the supervisor to make several giant hand-pulled cylinders with cement.

You should be more patient if you grind it on the road a few times.

As for the road shoulders on both sides of the Chi Road, the foundation needs to be deeper, about two feet deep and half a step wide. Well, the road shoulders can be reinforced with cement.

If we have a large amount of cement production in the future, it will be easier to renovate these roads."

What he has made is a long-term plan. Although the current cement production cannot keep up, what about the future?

Moreover, today's labor prices are actually the cheapest. Once everyone has been relieved for the past two years, it will be difficult to build roads at such a low labor price again.

As for doing corvee service, Li Chengqian never considered it.

Although this seemed to save the court a lot of money and food, in fact it was not the case.

After all, it’s humans who do things, and mistakes will happen as humans.

In Li Chengqian's mind, he seems to remember that some dynasty collected corvees to clean up rivers, which cost tens of thousands of money and grain every year. Later generations who were bored and idle did some calculations and came to the conclusion that even if they hired civilians to do this work

, it doesn’t even cost a thousand guan.

Moreover, corvee can easily cause the lower class people to stand against the imperial court.

In Li Chengqian's impression, whether it was the pre-Qin or the pre-Sui, their demise included heavy corvee service.

He didn't want to follow in his footsteps.

"But in this case, it will be a big project." Yi Yuanxi heard what Li Chengqian said and thought about it. Although he felt that Li Chengqian's method could be tried, he still shook his head, "If you follow what His Highness said,

To build the highway, manpower and material resources may be doubled, and the construction period may be longer.”

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "Does Shangshu Yi think our Ming court will be short of manpower? Especially in the past two years."

As soon as Li Chengqian said this, Yi Yuanxi understood immediately.

In the past two years, it was difficult for the people of the Ming Dynasty to rely on grazing and farming to support their families. Needless to say, farming, there were not many places suitable for farming on this land.

Moreover, if we really want to open up farmland on a large scale, we will compete with cattle and sheep for pasture, and these indigenous people will never agree.

And Li Chengqian never thought of changing the living habits of these indigenous people.

If he really does this, his Ming Dynasty will be in danger.

As for grazing, it has been even worse in the past one or two years!

"There is no shortage of manpower." Yi Yuanxi nodded and said, "Now, as long as we spread the word about recruiting people, it won't take long to recruit enough people."

Speaking of this, Yi Yuanxi said with some hesitation, "But in this way, wouldn't it be too good for the people? Wei Chen had discussed with the Ministry of Revenue and two servants Shezhiya before, and the reason why he only recruited so many people

, also through precise calculation.

As long as they are not too lazy, there is no problem in supporting their family.

Moreover, in this way, the pressure on the court will not be too great."

Li Chengqian waved his hand and said: "That's not what you are saying. Since they are my people of the Ming Dynasty, why can't they live a better life?

You guys are always worried that people will have other thoughts after they are full?

Could it be that if the people under your rule live a tight life, your faces will be lightened?"

"Can……"

"Okay." Before Yi Yuanxi could finish his words, Li Chengqian waved his hand and interrupted him, saying, "I know what you are thinking, don't you just think that many people will submit to me in the short time of the Ming Dynasty, so we must be careful

A bit?

Your intentions are good, I agree with this.

But for a country, when politicians start to be wary of the people under their rule, don't you think it's changed?

Now that you have accepted them, accept them from the bottom of your heart and openly.

Don't do one thing to your face and another behind your back. If you do something good to someone, you'll end up complaining.

Everyone has begun to show kindness, so let this kindness truly fall into the hearts of others, so that when others think of it, they will feel only gratitude and no complaints.

If we want people to treat each other with sincerity, then the first thing we have to do is treat others with sincerity."

Li Chengqian was actually very clear about the thoughts of these guys, and he didn't think they were much wrong. From a starting point, these guys were still for the Ming Dynasty, and they had no selfish motives.

That's why he only said it in private.

Hearing this, Yi Yuanxi immediately bowed and said, "I'll be taught by you."

Although he didn't understand it very well, he still understood something more or less, and he vaguely felt that what Li Chengqian said made sense. After all, he had stepped from an ordinary citizen to where he is today.

Thinking about it from his perspective, when he was a common man, he didn't want the court to be so wary of him.

Moreover, there is one point that Li Chengqian said that he quite agrees with, that is, to show kindness, you must give it thoroughly. If it is neither up nor down, it is really like scratching an itch.

"The Ministry of Industry's projects this year may as well take a bigger step. You don't have to worry about the pressure from the court. I am naturally responsible for the pressure from the court. You don't need to worry about this."

"Wei Chen understands." Yi Yuanxi immediately bowed and said.

He already understood what Li Chengqian meant.

After chatting with Yi Yuanxi for a while about some of the plans of the Ministry of Industry this year, Li Chengqian also got up and left.

He did not forget that he would discuss the placement of each army with the Ministry of War in the afternoon.

On the way back, Wei Shuyu kept his head down and remained silent, as if there were many things he couldn't understand.

Li Chengqian saw this and said with a smile: "Do you have any questions?"

He brought Wei Shuyu with him not just to let him succeed Gao Chunxing, but also with the intention of teaching him personally.

After all, Wei Zheng sent his eldest son here, so he couldn't teach this guy to death.

If that were to happen, I would be so sorry for Wei Zheng's thoughts.

When Wei Shuyu heard this, he raised his head and said with a puzzled look on his face: "Brother, if everyone works to support their families, if things go on like this, who will farm the land? Who will graze?

As the ancients said, food is the most important thing for the people. If no one cultivates the land or grazes the animals, what is the use of accumulating more wealth?"

After all, Wei Shuyu received a serious Confucian education. In his knowledge, agriculture was greater than industry and business.

Nowadays, the Ming royal court seems to emphasize industry and commerce and neglect agriculture, which makes him confused.

This is what Li Chengqian asked, and he said it so implicitly. If another person asked this question, his answer would be much sharper.

"Skills have specializations." Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Now the Ming Dynasty cannot rely on agriculture and animal husbandry to be self-sufficient, so we have to find another way.
To be continued...