"Li Aiqing, the road to Chang'an is open, and the reward team can set off!"
Emperor Chu's sonorous voice sounded, and Li Lin was still in a dazed state. He looked sideways at the Minister of Works, with a somewhat surprised look on his face, as if he was asking for the opinion of the Minister of Works. It was true that the road to Chang'an was open.
Because of the salt Your Majesty mentioned?
"Master Li, the Chang'an Road is indeed open. In the post house thirty miles away from the city, the caravan has begun to approach the city. These are the soldiers who went to investigate. What they said personally when they came back is absolutely not adulterated.
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"Master Yang, is the smoothness of Chang'an Road really due to salt?"
Yang Feng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, nodded lightly. Li Lin was surprised and horrified, bowed and saluted Emperor Chu, and said: "Your Majesty, I will send a team to escort the rewarded people out of the city immediately!"
"Can salt remove ice and snow?"
Emperor Chu waved his hand to Li Lin to retreat, but he could only hear him muttering to himself as he moved forward. He still cannot accept the fact that salt can eliminate ice and snow.
For many years, whenever there is heavy snow and the mountains are blocked and the roads are icy, caravans in various cities will stock up all their goods before the heavy snow. Once the snow is blocked, the caravans will start to rest.
Now that we have the magical method of removing snow with salt, in the future, whether it is a caravan or an army, they can continue to walk as usual without being blocked by wind and snow.
"Yang Aiqing, you must remember what I am going to say next in your mind. After the New Year, when the spring flowers bloom, this matter will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry for implementation."
"Your Majesty's Holy Order, I will never forget it!"
Next, Emperor Chu told Yang Feng to let the Ministry of Industry register for record. After the New Year's Day, the Ministry of Industry began to plan and measure all the official roads outside the city. The main official roads leading to Luoyang City, Huxiao City, and Ziwei City were all selected.
The fastest and most convenient road.
"Your Majesty, I am afraid that such a large amount of surveying and mapping will not be completed in less than half a year!"
"Yang Aiqing, I will give you half a year. If you have any needs, just ask. At the same time, the Ministry of Industry can recruit talented people from the common people to expand. After half a year, I will see the completed drawings."
Yang Feng was curious as to why the Chu Emperor suddenly wanted to survey and map the road to Zhucheng. An idea flashed in his mind, but it was quickly rejected.
Because if it was true as he suspected, Emperor Chu was planning to repair roads to various places, which would be a major project that would waste people and money, and would be a huge drain on Chu's national power.
Yang Feng did not believe that Emperor Chu would choose to build roads, but that was exactly what Emperor Chu considered. The roads were not smooth, transportation was blocked, and goods could not circulate in time.
In the next year, the Emperor of Chu wanted to make the roads from Chang'an City to all counties unobstructed, reaching the north and south, so that items from all over the east and west could appear in Chang'an City.
It is obvious that they are preparing to build Chang'an City into the most prosperous city on the War Continent. The benefits of repairing the roads are not limited to the circulation of goods.
It can also greatly increase the marching speed of the three armies, and also reduce the number of bandits from the side. The mountain roads are rugged and difficult to walk, and the caravans need to spend a lot of time walking. Generally, a large number of thieves are hidden in such places.
But once the road is built, the caravan moves faster, and the soldiers patrol the road, within three years, all the thieves in Chu State may be laid off.
By then, the Chu State will really be able to achieve the goal of not closing its doors at night and not picking up lost things on the road. In the past, Emperor Chu was always on the front lines of the battlefield during successive years of war. Now that the wars are less intense, he will soon be promoted to a first-class empire.
Therefore, Emperor Chu wanted to change the appearance of the Chu Kingdom and make everything look brand new. He wanted to be superior to other empires in every field.
Build the strongest empire and make people from all over the world yearn to live in the Chu Kingdom. Maybe that day will come when we no longer need force to conquer other countries.
The people all returned to the Chu State, and the emperors of other countries would not guard the empty city alone. They would only surrender to Chu day and night.
Yang Feng was ordered to leave the imperial study. The Emperor of Chu went to his desk and once again added his thoughts to the strategy of changing the Chu State. The entire strategy of changing the Chu State was written by the Emperor of Chu himself. Starting from the eight directions of workers, peasants, scholars, merchants, food, clothing, housing and transportation, he would completely change the state of Chu.
The state of Chu changed.
It was noon in a flash, and Xiao Guizi opened the palace door and entered. At that time, Emperor Chu put down his imperial pen and raised his head to look at Xiao Guizi.
"Your Majesty, General Rilong is getting married tomorrow. I have sent an invitation to invite you and your ladies to attend."
"Zilong's wedding?"
"It seems that the matter with Mu Guiying has finally been approved by Li Xiangjun."
Emperor Chu murmured to himself and said: "Tell the visitor that I will go there with the Queen tomorrow, and go down to prepare the items for General Zhao. Remember, there must be no ambiguity."
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will take care of it right now!"
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The next day.
At noon, the Zhao Mansion was decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, and the gongs and drums were noisy. It was very lively. Hundreds of civil and military officials, merchants and gentry came one after another to congratulate Zhao Yun on his wedding.
Fang Xuanling, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Liang, Jiang Shang, Di Renjie, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Huang Zhong, Sun Jian and others have already arrived. Today's Zhao Mansion can be said to be full of guests.
And this time Zhao Yun did not just hold a wedding with Mu Guiying alone. In order to make up for Li Xiangjun's regret, he married two women at the same time, which was considered a double happiness.
In the palace, Nangong Xi had already packed up. As the mother of a country, if she wanted to appear at the wedding of her ministers, she must have the beauty of a mother who embodies the beauty of the world.
Dressed in phoenix crowns and harems, and with a face that would captivate the entire country, Nangong Xi came out of this world in a majestic way, just like the queen of the fairy world.
"Your Majesty, it's time to drive. Your Majesty is waiting outside the palace!"
When the girls sent Nangong Xi out of Ningxiang Palace, they all looked happy and their eyes shone with admiration. Normally, everyone in the harem treated each other as sisters, so there was not much difference.
At this moment, Nangong Xi accompanied Emperor Chu to the Zhao Mansion. The girls couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Their mother's appearance as a king in the world was not something they could compare to.
About an hour later, the Nine Dragon Chariot appeared outside the Zhao Mansion. Xiao Guizi's voice spread, and everyone knew that Emperor Chu had arrived, and they all stopped and knelt down to salute.
Emperor Chu helped Nangong Xi get off the Kowloon chariot, raised his hand to signal everyone to level up, and led Nangong Xi towards the government office. Less than a hundred meters away, Zhao Yun came to pick him up with Li Xiangjun and Mu Guiying.
"Weak minister Zhao Yun, pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"Concubine (Li Xiangjun, Mu Guiying), pay homage to Your Majesty!"
"You three don't have to be polite. Today is the wedding day of the three of you. When the Queen and I come here, we should do as we please without paying too much attention to etiquette."
"Xiao Guizi, bring up the special reward I prepared for Zilong!"
In recent days, good news has come. Emperor Chu Longyan was very happy, which coincided with Zhao Yun's wedding. Emperor Chu wrote a couplet for him in his own handwriting.
"Zilong, this couplet is given to you by me. In the future, craftsmen can carve it on the stone pillars on both sides of the government office."
"I thank my emperor for your kindness, but I am terrified!"
When they heard that Emperor Chu wrote a couplet for Zhao Yun, hundreds of officials gathered around them. First of all, His Majesty's writing was enough to shock them. At the same time, everyone wanted to know what the couplet was? (To be continued)