At this time, the entire Ximen was surrounded by people watching the excitement.
But no one has ever set foot on the cement road... They dare not, and are reluctant to part with it. This ground, which is cleaner than the head of their own kang, is actually a road!
At this time, there was no isolation fence like that used to build roads in later generations, it was just open.
Zhao Xi didn't pay attention, but over in Gongfang City, the newly transferred Xiang army was commanding, guarding this road day and night...
Today, officials, husbands and wives are the first to set foot on this road.
"Your Highness, this is... is this cement?"
At this moment, Fu Bi should have seen cement. At that time, Han Qi was still in Hebei, Wen Yanbo and Ding You.
Fu Bi was a little unsure. Judging from the color of the ground, it looked like the cement that His Highness the Prince mentioned.
"Replying to my husband, it is indeed cement."
"Produced?"
"Fangcheng Mountain."
"This one in the middle...?"
There was originally a road, but it was separated by an open space in the middle.
"Isolation belt, or green belt can also be called. We are going to transplant some trees and flowers into it."
"In this way, people and vehicles leaving the city keep to the right, and people and vehicles returning to the city also keep to the right. With the isolation belt, it can reduce movement and increase the speed of vehicles, just like a track!"
Zhao Xi never asked the court to do anything, he always put the real objects out for everyone to see...
This commuting carriage must not be similar to the official carriage, so when Zhao Xi designed it, he directly designed it to be a half-body-high carriage with a roof, just like the battery carriages in later tourist attractions.
This is in line with the original intention of taking dignitaries on a tour today.
In fact, no matter who ultimately controls the track, the production of rail cars still depends on the factory city.
This is also the reason why Zhao Xi launched this kind of vehicle today.
Women rarely go out of the city, and even when they do, they sit in carriages, unlike today...
Since setting off, he has not calmed down... but his eyes and body have not calmed down. No one is chirping, not only his own men, but also officials and courtiers, and His Highness the Crown Prince... He is very handsome, heroic, and young...
Zhao Xi was also quite pretentious, placing low tables between the seats and making tea...
The cement road was newly paved and the speed was not very fast, so I really didn’t feel any bumps.
I guess they each had a lot on their minds, but no one said anything. Maybe there was a woman there, so they didn't talk about the things in the court. It was just a simple car ride, and it was really regarded as an outing.
The truly amazing thing is yet to come...
It should be about a mile away from the workshop city, so the carriage stopped.
What catches the eye are the soldiers lined up on the road, wearing manganese steel half-arm armor, olive green uniforms, and leggings and sleeves.
Hold the gun with one hand and place it diagonally on the left shoulder.
Each soldier is spaced one back wide, with their heads held high and their chests held high... a true military stance!
"salute!"
"Shua..."
Raising his right hand to his temple.
"Fire cannons to welcome guests!"
"Boom...boom...boom..."
Considering that there was a group of women, Zhao Xi arranged the salute on the tower. If they were just ministers, he would have fired at this group of people if he wanted to...
Even so, it’s a little scary!
Zhao Zhen took the lead, accompanied by Empress Cao and some concubines, followed closely by the husband, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his servants with their families, just like the order in the court.
Whenever a crowd of people passes by, the soldiers will pay attention and salute with the crowd. Only when the crowd has passed, the soldiers will put down their saluting hands...
Zhao Zhen has never walked so high-spirited before. Really, this feeling is an unprecedented experience.
Not only him, but everyone since Xianggong has never had this kind of experience.
If on the carriage, everyone still had their own concerns, now, most people are just cautious.
Walking among such uniform soldiers, I can't even remember which foot I should take first...
As for civil servants, they have never looked at these soldiers... they are just rough men.
Today, for the first time, I felt timid in front of soldiers.
Soldiers have never raised their heads in front of civil servants, but this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince strictly demanded that they must hold their heads high.
The gate of the workshop city is open, but on both sides of the gate, there is a fort.
When you enter the gate, the first thing you see is a large wooden board, which is a schematic diagram of the entire workshop city.
Living areas, work areas, training areas, and entertainment areas are all available, each marked with different colors.
The carriage shop, woolen shop, armor shop, artillery shop, musket shop, all the way to the dock, shooting range, etc. are all in good order.
At the same time, after everyone entered the workshop gate, children dressed as schoolchildren held stacks of papers and handed them out to the guests one by one...
Originally, Zhao Xi wanted to use soldiers and their families, but when they heard that they were meeting officials and their husbands, they gave in.
I had no choice but to borrow the children.
The children were handed out a route map for this visit, or tour, inspection, and an introduction to the entire Workshop City.
This kind of reception is definitely unique now, but in later generations... it was too common, and Zhao Xi was too skilled.
Su Song and Li Jie, at this moment, took off their official uniforms, dressed in green shirts, dressed as pure scholars, and lined up in front of the crowd...
"Your Majesty, ministers and ministers, you are facing the command of Gongfang City. It is the command of Gongfang City written by Your Majesty and opened by His Highness the Prince himself..."
Loyal and dedicated, loyal and obedient.
Directly opposite the workshop gate is a tall screen wall with so-called admonitions written in cinnabar.
"Every new craftsman and soldier must swear an oath under the admonition wall. The oath can be seen on the title page of the explanatory book..."
"Now please Your Majesty, all ministers and ministers please follow us along the inspection route..."
The entire Gongfang City has been hardened with cement. At the same time, Zhao Xi followed the practice of man-made tourist attractions in later generations and decorated all the roads with flowers, plants and trees.
Every other section, there will be a notice board, which is basically the charter and rules of the workshop city.
From fire and theft prevention, to keeping clean, from work and rest time, to city regulations, it covers almost all work and life in the entire workshop city.
Walking along the route, listening to Su Song and Li Jie's explanations, looking at the courtyard-like workshop city, such a large team made no sound at all.
Before they even arrived at any of the workshops, the environment in the workshop city had already given them too much shock...
Zhao Xi put a lot of thought into designing the workshop city.
Later generations had a term for sustainable development, but Zhao Xi blew it away based on the idea of sustainable development and the concept of harmony between man and nature.
Gongfang City is a full-chain industrial city, from transportation, raw material smelting, to finished product processing and shipping, it is a complete industrial process.
It is also difficult to achieve true gardening and cleaning.
Therefore, Zhao Xi initially set up the smelting workshop downwind and the finished product workshop upwind. This way, pollution to the workshop city could be avoided as much as possible.
He even reserved a large area of open space to prepare for future development...