"Isn't this Lao Li who often comes to see the young master? Why does he suddenly seem to be very hostile to me today?"
Old Liu touched his head and felt a little baffled.
After a while, Li Er and the two of them quickly arrived at Su Chen's house.
"Hey, Lao Li, why are you here?"
Su Chen, who was washing up, greeted His Majesty Li Er in surprise.
His Majesty Li Er resisted the urge to beat Su Chen violently and said with a forced smile: "I happened to be passing by here on business, so I came over to take a look."
"Well, just in time, I also have something to ask you."
Su Chen said: "But please sit down for a while, I haven't washed up yet."
With that said, Su Chen dipped a young wicker stick into some fine salt and started brushing her teeth.
"Did you just get up?" Du Ruhui couldn't help but ask.
"Well, aren't we preparing to go to Jiannan Road? There are a lot of things to do, so I got up a little early." Su Chen said after rinsing his mouth.
Hearing this, Du Ruhui was immediately amazed. Experts are indeed different from ordinary people!
It's already three o'clock in the morning, why do you still get up early?
hall.
His Majesty Li Er said with strange eyes: "You were probably responsible for such a big thing in Chang'an City yesterday, right?"
"That's right."
Su Chen smiled and said: "What's wrong, Lao Li, you don't regret it, right? You rejected this yourself, you can't blame me!"
"Otherwise, this almost eight million dollars would be half of yours!"
"I've already said that Li Er is very stupid, but you still don't believe it!"
Upon hearing this, His Majesty Li Er's temples bulged and he began to beat wildly again.
His Majesty Li Er suppressed his anger and said: "Your method is really clever. In this way, you should have enough money to build the road, right?"
To His Majesty Li Er's surprise, Su Chen actually shook his head and said, "No, Li Er's money is only about half, I still have several million dollars left.
Hearing this, Du Ruhui was very surprised and said: "Is this impossible? It's just a road and it cost so much money?"
They had carefully calculated that after the money given by His Majesty Li Ergou was used to build the road, there should still be surplus!
"My road is not an ordinary road!"
Su Chen said seriously: "This is a road that can lead the people of Jiannan Road to get rich!"
"I agree with this."
Du Ruhui's eyes lit up and he said: "When the road is built, it will promote the economic development of Jiannan Road, and by then, businessmen from all over the country will start to frequent Jiannan Road."
"I believe it won't be long before the people there will be as wealthy as those in Chang'an."
Su Chen glanced at him, shook his head and said: "Old Du, although what you said is good, it will take too long to be realized!"
"Why am I procrastinating so much?"
After hearing this, Du Ruhui's head wrinkled.
From what Su Chen said, it seemed that he meant that the people of Jiannan Road could become rich in a short period of time.
But this seems a bit unreal, right?
Is it possible that money can be conjured out of thin air?
So, Du Ruhui asked: "How do you say this?"
"Actually, it's very simple, I just give them money."
Su Chen smiled and said, "That's what I think. When the road construction starts, we will recruit people from the areas along the way. Every time a section of road is built, we will pay him wages."
Hearing this, His Majesty Li Er and Du Ruhui were a little confused.
Give money to build roads?!
Are you afraid that you are not a money-splitting boy?!
"Did you know that if you inform state and county officials about road construction, as long as the materials are prepared, they will call in laborers to start work?" Du Ruhui couldn't help but ask.
Because according to the current laws of the Tang Dynasty, similar infrastructure construction or work for the emperor is completely free for the common people and is counted as labor.
The people were not very resistant to this law, so there was no need for Su Chen to spend money to hire people to build roads.
If we use labor to build roads, we can save a lot of labor costs.
Could it be that Su Chen wanted to waste money and eliminate disaster?
"I know everything you said."
Su Chen shook his head and said, "But I just don't plan to do that!"
"If we call for labor, then we have to wait until the Year of the Monkey to leave?"
"When I go to Jiannan Road, I can only stay for a few months at most!"
"If you can't walk on a smooth road when you set out, and you can't walk on it when you come back, then what's the use of building this road?"
"Wouldn't it be better to spend a little money and repair it quickly?"
Su Chen knew very well that Li Er only lowered the rank of people from the south to work for labor last year.
If we really follow the method that Du Ruhui said, and the next batch of people have been gathered before the cultivation has started, why can't we have to wait for a year and a half?
He can't afford to wait!
time is money!
After listening to Su Chen's words, Du Ruhui finally understood why His Majesty just called Su Chen a little bastard!
Just for the sake of convenience and saving time, you actually waste money like this!
All the dandies in Chang'an City combined are not as luxurious as him, right?!
"Can you still afford so much money now?"
His Majesty Li Er frowned and said: "Even if you take out all the money from your family, plus the money stolen from His Majesty, there won't be much left after buying the slate!"
"Do you want to build a dirt road? That won't meet your requirement of being flat and not bumpy."
In His Majesty's opinion, road construction is nothing more than soil and stone slabs.
But this one is expensive and the other one is of poor quality, so it’s quite a toss-up to choose.
"I'm not going to use these things."
Su Chen said: "I have researched a new material that is about as hard as a stone road, but the cost is less than half!"
"Is this true?" His Majesty Li Er was startled.
"Of course, I will take you to see it soon!" Su Chen said casually.
What Su Chen said is actually the traditional method of burning cement!
Limestone clay is ground into flour, and then the clinker is calcined.
Grinding clinker and the remaining slag after iron-making, and finally mixing it with water for pouring, isn't it just local cement?!
You know, he worked hard for a long time before he came up with this formula.
Although the current conditions are not as good as modern times, the quality of the cement produced is still very good. Now
The most important thing is...the price is cheap!
These days, limestone is all over the mountains, so it’s easy to mine!
Not to mention the slag from iron smelting, which was thrown into the barren mountains and wild mountains at will by the iron smelting workshops everywhere.
Su Chen said with a smile: "I will just spend a few million more when the time comes. Li Er will still have more money."
Now, His Majesty Li Er has no intention of continuing to care about Su Chen cheating him out of money.
If I follow what Su Chen said, this new road construction material is not only strong but also low-cost.
That is really a big deal!
In that case, wouldn't His Majesty Li Er be able to rebuild all the roads in the country?!
At the same time, if this can be built on the border, it will greatly facilitate future expeditions!
