On the third day, Yunxi met the Chuzhou magistrate again, encouraged him, and used him as a guide to go to the local state school to express condolences to the local students. The performance of the students was much better than that of the ordinary people in the area, although they were still
I was very excited. The behavior of the local people the day before yesterday was somewhat similar to that of people in later generations looking at rare wild animals in zoos instead of big shots.
In the afternoon, Yunxi called the person in charge of local road construction to carry out the second task he came to Chuzhou: to inspect the use of railcars and promote asphalt roads.
Tram carriages began to be promoted in the 31st year of Hongwu. In the second year of Jianye, the line from Beijing to Xuzhou was completely repaired and officially put into operation.
When the engineering team was repairing section by section, naturally no one dared to touch it, but after the entire section was repaired, people came to steal the iron sheet. But after these people stole the iron sheet back, they found that the thin iron sheet was of little use. Even a needle could not sharpen it. Only professional
Only blacksmiths can recycle and reuse them, and the government is very strict about this, so gradually no one steals it. Fortunately, Yunxi did not use all-iron tracks back then, otherwise, relying on the current actual situation, the tracks could be used overnight
It was stolen. With the power of clans in this era, as long as the people who stole the railroad tracks were dealt with well enough, the government would have no way to do anything about it.
Yunxi looked at the railcar account books and found that the wood seemed to be decaying faster and the iron sheets were being replaced faster.
'When I get back, let the Jin Yiwei come and check whether there is corruption and the scale of corruption.' Yunxi put down the account book and thought to himself.
He was thinking this in his mind, but on the surface he calmly asked the person in charge: "How is the asphalt road paved?"
Asphalt roads are roads paved with asphalt. In February last year, Yunxi remembered asphalt and heard that asphalt might exist in Lijin County, Shandong Province, so he sent officials from the Ministry of Industry to Lijin County to mine asphalt for road paving.
However, using asphalt is not as simple as Yunxi imagined. If you want to meet the standard of asphalt roads in Yunxi's mind, it must be laid when it is hundreds of degrees hot. Therefore, it can only be used immediately after being mined, otherwise it will solidify quickly and become useless.
Meet Yunxi's standards - Although Daming has high-temperature heating technology, the gains outweigh the losses when used on asphalt. Of course, even after solidification, the asphalt paved on the road is stronger than the dirt road, but the laying cost is greatly increased.
Yunxi couldn't help but sigh. It makes sense that humans didn't start using asphalt to pave roads until the second industrial revolution. The advancement of technology is not that easy.
Therefore, Yunxi stopped promoting asphalt roads in the capital. The main roads were still paved with stones, and the small roads promoted Sanhe dirt roads. Although Yunxi didn’t know how to lay Sanhe dirt roads, there were professional people to do professional things. The Ministry of Industry
After more than half a year of research with the craftsmen in the Imperial Guard, they developed a dirt road that would not be easily soaked by rainwater on rainy days. Yunxi immediately ordered its promotion. At the same time, taking advantage of the opportunity of road construction, Yunxi ordered the improvement of roads in the capital.
The drainage facilities mainly include digging drainage ditches on both sides of the road and cleaning up the rivers in the city.
Outside the city, Yunxi still promoted asphalt roads, but considering the cost, he still only built asphalt roads in places with impassable rivers. Naturally, asphalt roads were built in the section from Beijing to Xuzhou, and the yamen in charge of road construction is now in Chuzhou
, so at this time he asked how the asphalt road was paved.
The chief said: "Your Majesty, because the tramcars have been laid before, the lines can follow the tramcar lines, so multiple sections are started at the same time. However, the asphalt is not easy to operate, the cost is high, and the craftsmen are easily burned, so the progress is not fast."
"The craftsmen who were burned will receive a generous pension. Don't consider the cost when building the road. Speed up the progress and complete it within this year." Yunxi said.
The chief smiled bitterly in his heart, but did not dare to show it on his face and said: "Yes, Your Majesty."
Yunxi waved his hand and let him go down.
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"Come, Yunxi, try this dish. This is a new dish that my aunt has learned since she arrived in Chuzhou." Princess Ningguo put a plate with vegetables on the table and said.
"Then my nephew, let's try it." Yunxi picked up a little bit, and after eating it, he praised: "It's good. And my nephew has never eaten it before, how do you make this?"
"Let me tell you, this is first..., and then..." Princess Ning Guo introduced how to make this dish.
"So complicated? My nephew can't remember it." Yunxi said with a smile.
"Then Auntie will give you a cook who can cook this dish." Princess Ningguo said with a smile.
"That's not necessary. When my aunt returns to Beijing, I will ask the palace chef to learn how to make this dish from my aunt's cook." Yunxi said.
Princess Ningguo and Mei Yin looked at each other. 'Yunxi just said he would wait for me to return to the capital? Could it be that he wants to transfer his consort back to the capital?' Princess Ningguo thought. From Mei Yin's eyes, she also saw the same thought.
Hope suddenly ignited in their hearts: it was not that they disliked the poor living conditions in Chuzhou, but that being away from the capital for a long time was like being degraded, and they felt uncomfortable.
Yunxi did not disappoint them this time. After he had finished drinking and eating, he patted his belly and said to Mei Yin casually: "Uncle, these three years in Chuzhou can be said to be a great achievement of hard work."
"Your Majesty is so complimentary." Mei Yin said.
"Back then, the late emperor praised my uncle's abilities. Now it seems that my uncle has lived up to the late emperor's evaluation."
"I plan to make my uncle the Minister of War. Is your uncle willing?" Yunxi said.
"How dare I refuse your Majesty's appointment?" Mei Yin stood up from his chair and said to Yunxi.
"Well, I will appoint my uncle as the Minister of the Ministry of War and look after the Ministry of War for me." Yunxi said.
Mei Yin has served as a third- and fourth-grade civil servant for many times, and his qualifications are enough to serve as Minister of the Ministry of War. At the same time, he comes from a noble family and is familiar with the governors of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, so he will not cause any trouble, so he is suitable to serve as the Minister of War.
Shangshu. Jing Qing, who previously served as Shangshu of the Ministry of War, had many conflicts with people from the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion due to large and small matters. Once, he even got into trouble in front of him, which gave him a headache.
Removing him this time can ensure the restoration of harmonious bilateral relations between the Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office. Of course, Yunxi has another important appointment for Jingqing.
Mei Yin was overjoyed, and even Princess Ningguo was extremely happy. Not only could she return to the capital, but she also served as one of the six ministers, which was certainly worthy of joy.
The next day, the fourth day of May, Yunxi agreed to promote Taipusi Shaoqing to Taipusiqing on the spot, and Mei Yin began to take over the work with the original Taipusi Shaoqing. Since he was also an official of the same Yamen, there was no need for handover.
A few days later, Princess Ningguo could not wait for Mei Yin to return to the capital. She followed Yunxi back to the capital that afternoon.
Because the next day, the fifth day of May, was Zhu Yuanzhang’s birthday.