Li Dongyang looked at the busy scene here. It was hard to imagine that in the era of famine, these victims actually ate meat to survive. He shook his head slightly and looked at the official road ahead. It was extremely busy here.
On a road that is several kilometers long, tens of thousands of people are working together in a busy manner. Not far away, close to Tianjin City, a section of the road that has been built is spacious and clean, divided into two sides, and trees are even planted in the middle.
This is another place that makes the three of them very curious.
Soon, the three of them arrived at the road construction site, and saw that the victims were divided into many working groups. Some were responsible for opening up roads, some were responsible for leveling the land, and some were responsible for transporting sand and gravel...
"Why did they pour mud on the official road?"
Zhou Jing's eyes quickly focused on the area ahead. On the smooth official road that had been opened up, a large number of people were carrying loads of gray mud and pouring it on the wide, smooth official road.
The mud looks similar to the mud in the fish pond, and there seems to be no difference at all, except that there is a lot of sand and gravel in the mud.
"Let's go and take a look. It's just nonsense. This isn't building roads, it's destroying them."
When Li Dongyang saw it, his face immediately showed anger. The importance of officialdom is self-evident, as it is the blood vessel that connects every place in the Ming Dynasty.
When he first saw someone building a road, he was very happy, because since ancient times, building bridges and building roads has been a good thing that benefits one party. If there are landlords and rich people who can pay for building roads, building bridges, etc., then it will be a good thing.
It can be regarded as a thumbs up and a few words of praise from the locals.
Without it, in this era, transportation is extremely inconvenient, and building roads and bridges is a very expensive matter. It often requires the government to come forward to recruit people in the form of corvees to build bridges and pave roads during slack periods.
Now I saw that these people were constructing roads by pouring mud on the official road and destroying a good official road. This made Li Dongyang very angry. It was not easy to build the road, but now they have to destroy it. It is simply unforgivable.
They walked over angrily, but before he could say anything, someone came up to stop them and said, "Sir, I'm really sorry. The road is being built here. You can't pass through it for the time being. Please go aside."
"Are you building a road?"
Li Dongyang pointed to the cement slurry poured on the official road and asked: "You just use rotten mud to build the road?"
Dong Xiaoshan looked at the people in front of him. The three leaders were dressed in extraordinary clothes and had an extraordinary bearing. They had the aura of being in a position of superiority for a long time. Coupled with the guards around them who were responsible for protecting them, it was clear at a glance that these people had extraordinary origins.
"Sir, this is not rotten sludge. This is cement, which is made by mixing cement, sand and gravel. Even though it looks like silt now, after a few lines are passed through it, after the water in it dries, it will
It will be as hard as a rock."
Dong Xiaoshan smiled and explained that people who have never seen cement think it is rotten silt, which makes a lot of jokes.
"cement?"
Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, and Zhang Mao looked at each other, and each saw a look of confusion in each other's eyes. None of them had heard of or seen such a thing.
"This cement was invented by our Mr. Liu. Even though it is gray and inconspicuous, it is the best adhesive. It is perfect for building roads, buildings, cities, etc."
But it’s too late.”
"Sir, please come with me and I will show you."
Dong Xiaoshan was very busy and had no time to pay attention to the three of them, but looking at the appearance of the three of them, if he didn't explain clearly, he might cause trouble.
After hearing what Dong Xiaoshan said, the three of them quickly followed. Dong Xiaoshan said as they walked: "Look, three adults, this is the road we just paved with cement. Because the cement has not dried, it mixes with the silt."
Almost, you can make a deep footprint with just one step."
As soon as Dong Xiaoshan stepped on the newly laid cement, a footprint appeared immediately.
When Zhang Mao heard this, he was not afraid of getting dirty and stepped on it himself. A footprint also appeared.
"Hurry up and fill in the footprints and smooth them out."
Dong Xiaoshan smiled and then said to the road builder next to him. He was wearing the clothes of a steward. The victims who were building the road next to him knew immediately when they saw it, and they quickly repaired the footprints they made.
Dong Xiaoshan took the three of them and continued walking forward. After walking for more than ten meters, he pointed at a piece of cement road that was already slightly dry and said: "This piece of cement road was probably built more than an hour ago. The moisture is still not dry, but
It’s already a bit solid.”
Zhang Mao didn't believe it, so he stepped on it with his foot. This time, he used a little more force to make a footprint.
Without stopping, Dong Xiaoshan continued to walk forward with a few people. This time he walked a few hundred meters and said: "We repaired this area yesterday afternoon. Now we can almost walk, but we still can't walk too hard."
We have to wait a few more days for the carriage."
When he got here, Dong Xiaoshan stopped taking the side road and walked directly onto the cement road.
When Li Dongyang, Zhou Jing, Zhang Mao and others saw it, they all stepped on it one after another. The feeling under their feet was as if they were stepping on a big stone. This made the three of them slightly surprised. Zhang Mao even didn't believe in evil and used all his strength on it.
Stomping on the cement road.
"Ouch~ So hard."
With this stomp of his feet, Zhang Mao couldn't help but cry out in pain, and then he immediately became energetic. He couldn't help squatting on the road, tapping with his fingers, and studying it carefully.
Li Dongyang and Zhou Jing looked at each other, and they also squatted down and touched and knocked with their hands, as if they were hitting a hard stone.
"This is incredible!"
Li Dongyang was a little disbelieving. He stood up and looked back at the place behind him. The cement slurry that was constantly poured on the official road was as mud-like. After it dried, it turned out to be as hard as stone.
Look at the cement road in front. According to the standards of later generations, this cement road should be a two-way six-lane road. It is very wide and very smooth, just like a mirror. It has long since lost any trace of the original official road.
Although the original official road is the best road in this era, this official road is actually just an ordinary dirt road. It is normal to have potholes. It is also relatively narrow, not even half as spacious as it is now. If it rains
Otherwise, the official road will become muddy and very difficult to walk.
But now, Li Dongyang looked at the front and the official road coming from behind, and his whole body was extremely shocked.