The cloth price turmoil in Chang'an City was suppressed by Li Zexuan and Cao Wendong's clever layout and Li Er's actions. The price quickly returned to the previous price. The cloth prices in some stores were even lower than before. As for the shopkeepers of these shops, it is unclear whether they are guilty of thieves or have conscience.
Afterwards, Dali Temple arrested more than 20 cloth merchants who jointly manipulated cloth prices. These people were not unjust at all, because just the night before, they had made an appointment with each other and at the same time finalized the cloth prices for the next day. Use this to make huge profits.
Hoarding and driving up prices may not be a concern in modern times, but in ancient times, especially in the peaceful and prosperous times, the court strictly controlled such things.
"Master Marquis, Mr. Yan sent someone to report that the cement road from Yunshan to Guandao has been completed. He dismissed all the construction team members yesterday!"
One morning a few days later, Pang Feiji came to Li Mansion in Chang'an and told Li Zexuan the news.
Half of the engineering team of the academy had been sent home before, and the other half were busy building cement roads. Yan Shaoning was still the leader of the engineering team, but recently, in addition to being a supervisor, he was often arrested by Mo Lingwei as a " Strong man".
Li Zexuan, who was inspecting the greenhouse in the yard, was stunned when he heard this, and then he was overjoyed and said: "Oh? It's been completely repaired so quickly? Let Sanbao prepare the horse, I'm going to take a look!"
The cement road in Yunshan is a road to wealth that Li Zexuan spent a lot of money to build for Hanjiazhuang and Meicun. It cost a total of more than 100,000 yuan, and more than 6,000 people were involved in the construction. The total length was nearly 30 miles and lasted nearly two months. It took a huge amount of manpower, material and financial resources to finally complete the project. The project is huge.
Many people may think it is not worth it, but Li Zexuan does not think so. In his vision, Yanhuang Academy will definitely become the top engineering school in the Tang Dynasty in the future, and it will also have very strong scientific research capabilities. At the same time, Qiquge New Workshop, which is backed by Meicun, will also become a representative of Datang’s advanced productivity in the future. The two will combine to form a complete closed-loop system of industry, academia and research. Yunshan will gradually develop into The industrial center of Datang.
As the industrial center of Datang, how can it be justified if there is no flat and wide cement road to improve transportation efficiency?
Riding Dabai, Li Zexuan led Pang Feiji and ran all the way. In half a stick of incense, they had arrived at the intersection of Yunshan Cement Road and the official road outside Chang'an City. Looking at the wide and flat cement road in front of him, Li Zexuan was in a trance. For a moment, he felt as if he had traveled back to the modern society full of reinforced concrete.
Although the more developed the industry, the more serious the pollution, but industry can create a large number of high-tech value-added products. Even though Li Zexuan is now prosperous in the Tang Dynasty, powerful and has a lovely wife, sometimes he still misses modern society, his former family, and modern mobile phones, computers and other electronic information equipment.
If you have not experienced the days without mobile phones and computers, you will never understand how important these things are.
This is also the reason why Li Zexuan has been working hard since he traveled through time, because if he didn't work hard, he would be so idle!
"Master Hou, Master Hou?"
Seeing Li Zexuan staring blankly at the cement road, Pang Feiji didn't know why. He waited for a long time, and when he saw that Li Zexuan still didn't move, he shouted out.
Li Zexuan, who was in a state of confusion, came to his senses after hearing the cry. He touched the mane on Dabai's neck and said to Pang Feiji: "Let's go! Let's experience this concrete road and see the Yunshan Mountains." How long does it take! Drive~!”
This is the first cement road in Datang, but it will definitely not be the last!
Li Zexuan thought to himself.
"Yes, Lord Marquis!"
"Drive~!"
Pang Feiji responded, quickly urged his horse, and chased Li Zexuan's back.
The two of them, one behind the other, planned to race on this road. Oh, no, it should be a horse race.
"Da da da da~!"
On the quiet cement road in the mountains, you can only hear the "clack-clack" of horse hooves, and the sound is very rapid. The horses galloped freely on the wide and flat cement road. Due to the speed, the hair and clothes of the two of them were "pulled" straight back by the wind. The exhilarating feeling brought by this extremely fast running made them feel proud!
However, their wish to ride back to Yunshan did not come true because... there were many naughty children playing with scooters on the road! !
"Hehe~! Come after me! Whoever comes last will be the horse for everyone to take turns~!"
"Wow! Xiaorong, why did you hit me?"
"Xiao Rong, you are so shameless~!"
"Uu~!"
After turning two hills, Li Zexuan saw a dozen naughty kids suddenly appearing more than a dozen feet ahead, chasing each other on scooters on the road. He quickly reined in the reins and ordered Dabai to slow down quickly. Pang Feiji behind him saw this and He quickly followed suit.
Fortunately, they reacted quickly, and when they were still a few feet away from the naughty kid at the end, their speed finally slowed down.
"Da~da~da~!"
Since there were many naughty children, Dabai gasped for air in order to prevent him from bumping into people. Under the control of Li Zexuan, his four hooves began to "walk" and walk slowly on the road.
"Not gay! Why are there so many bears...children~?"
Li Zexuan asked with a frown, and the word "naughty kid" almost blurted out.
"Uh~! Mr. Hou, this, my subordinates heard two days ago that the children in Chang'an City started playing scooters on the cement road when they saw that the road here was particularly smooth. I just didn't expect that there would be so many people. !”
Pang Feiji scratched his head and said a little embarrassed.
In fact, some naughty kids started skateboarding on the cement road more than ten days ago, but at that time they were all naughty kids from Meicun and Hanjiazhuang. The first to get the first one who is near the water is better! Don't doubt whether farmers have money to buy scooters for their children. The farmers in Meicun and Hanjiazhuang are very wealthy now. It is not impossible to buy a scooter for their naughty children.
Later, the naughty children in Chang'an City also joined this group. They found that the road here was smoother than the bluestone road in the city and more suitable for riding scooters. Word of mouth spread, and the bears who came to Yunshan to play scooters There are more and more children. For this reason, the sales of scooters in Qiquge have also seen a small peak.
In this way, the first cement road in Datang has now become a skateboarding paradise in the minds of naughty children, and everyone enjoys playing here.
After hearing this, Li Zexuan was speechless. He would never have thought that the road he spent a lot of money to build would actually become a paradise for naughty children. How unpredictable things are!
When it comes to ancient streets, many people may subconsciously think that ancient streets were all dirt roads with potholes.
actually not.
In fact, the streets in Chang'an City are not bumpy dirt roads, but roads paved with bluestone slabs. Millions of people in the city walk on the streets all day long. The bluestone slabs have been polished to be quite smooth. In terms of smoothness alone, Cement roads are definitely incomparable.
It is precisely based on this that Li Zexuan was able to build a scooter in the first place. If there were bumpy dirt roads, how could he build a scooter?
However, the bluestone road is smooth, but the connection between the bluestone boards is not seamless. Riding a scooter on this kind of road will be bumpy, and it can easily cause a "car accident".
In contrast, the flat and wide cement road is like a god-given road for children like them who like to have fun. There is nothing more suitable than a cement road!
"Let's go~! Don't hit these little guys!"
I wanted to go racing on the road, but I didn't expect a group of naughty kids to be "racing" on it. Li Zexuan could only sigh with depression and helplessness and said.
"Yes, Lord Marquis!"
Pang Feiji said sarcastically.
The two slowed down their horses and continued walking towards Yunshan.
On the road ahead, they saw a lot of naughty children again. The mountain road that used to be quiet and deserted was now full of naughty children laughing, chasing and playing, making it very lively.
Seeing this scene, Li Zexuan felt inexplicably happy. Maybe happiness is really contagious.
"Master Marquis, look at these little guys, their faces are all red from the cold, but they are still running around like it's Chinese New Year!"
After passing by a group of naughty children, Pang Feiji said happily.
When Li Zexuan heard this, he didn't even look back and said, "Aren't all kids like this? If you could encounter something as fun as a scooter when you were your age, you would definitely be similar to them!"
Pang Feiji was startled, then grinned and said: "Hey! What the Marquis said is that little babies nowadays are really blessed. Where did old Pang get these things when he was a child? It's good to have enough to eat!"
Li Zexuan said with a smile: "We can't be inferior to each other from generation to generation, right? Today's sages are working hard to govern, civil and military officials are working hard, and the kings, saints and ministers are virtuous. In the future, the Tang Dynasty will only get better and better!"
When he said the last sentence, his tone suddenly became extremely firm!
Pang Feiji nodded fiercely and said: "Master Hou is right! Forget it that I, old Pang, lived a hard life back then. The next generation must not continue to live a hard life. The soldiers of the Tang Dynasty fought bloody battles not just to give their descendants a The prosperous world? If someone dares to destroy the current peace, I, the old fat man, will be the first to draw his sword and rush over to chop off his head!"
"Haha! That's right! Whoever doesn't make it easy for us, we won't make it easy for them!"
Li Zexuan laughed loudly.
When Li Er waited for him to be the Marquis of Yong'an, Li Zexuan understood the responsibility on his shoulders, Yong'an, Yong'an, he wanted to keep the Tang Dynasty peaceful forever!
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"Shaoning! Haha, not bad! Now you are multitasking and can advance the construction schedule of the cement road several days. It's amazing!"
Arriving at Yanhuang Academy, Li Zexuan saw Yan Shaoning with a spring breeze on his face, yes, a spring breeze on his face.
Compared to last time, when he looked gray and wilted, today's Yan Shaoning has a rosy face and a smile. Even a fool can tell that this guy is beautiful at heart!
"Hey! Could it be that something embarrassing happened between this guy and Mo Lingwei during this period~?"
Li Zexuan thought to himself.
I don't blame him for his unhealthy thinking, it's really that Yan Shaoning's expression today is so weird, it's just that the words "Chun Xin Ge Ge" are written on his face! Besides, he had talked with Mo Lingwei last time and passed on to the girl a love theory of "if you love him, you must train him well." Under the current situation, it is difficult for Li Zexuan not to think about certain aspects.
"Wha... what are you talking about dual-tasking? Xiaoxuan, what you said is so meaningless! These days, I have clearly been focusing on supervising people to help you build roads!"
After Yan Shaoning heard Li Zexuan's pointed words, he immediately retorted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
Li Zexuan said: "Hey, I'm complimenting you! Why are you so anxious to explain?"
Yan Shaoning didn't accept this trick. He rolled his eyes and said, "Xiaoxuan, don't lie to me. How could I not know your trick? Also, you came here today, didn't you come here specifically to do some weird things?"
Li Zexuan suppressed his smile and said seriously: "I am here today specifically to thank you, Shaoning. You are indispensable for Yanhuang Academy and the cement road from Yunshan to Chang'an! What do you think? Are you interested in working in the academy? ?”
Finally, Li Zexuan changed the subject and revealed his true thoughts.
Half a month ago, Yan Shaoning, who had been tortured by Mo Lingwei, would definitely refuse without hesitation, but now...
"Ahem! Xiaoxuan, this is not a matter of whether I am willing or not, but I don't know much about your engineering and I am not very proficient in Confucianism. How can I hold a position in Yanhuang Academy?"
Yan Shaoning rolled his eyes and coughed dryly.
The expected rejection did not appear, but when he heard these words, Li Zexuan was stunned for a while, and then suddenly realized. It seemed that Yan Shaoning, a straight man with steel, was finally surrendered by Mo Lingwei and fell to Mo Lingwei. The pomegranate skirt is down!
"Haha! What you said, Shaoning, is not a problem. Although you are not familiar with engineering or Confucianism, you have rich engineering experience! Engineering is the study of engineering, and there are many things in common. Shaoning, you can First, I will be the teacher in charge of student experiments in the academy. After I am completely familiar with engineering, I will then participate in the daily teaching of the academy!"
Li Zexuan borrowed the donkey from the slope and followed Yan Shaoning's words.
Yan Shaoning hesitated symbolically for a while, nodded and said: "Ahem! I think this will work! Then I will stay in the academy!"
Li Zexuan glanced at Yan Shaoning, then pretended to be casual and asked: "By the way, where is your Miss Mo?"
"Weier, she...Cao! Xiaoxuan, please stop talking nonsense. When did she become part of our family?"
Yan Shaoning was about to answer subconsciously, but suddenly he came to his senses and angrily scolded Li Zexuan.
But only he himself knows how much real anger and how much fake anger there is in this rebuke!
"Haha! Slip of the tongue! Shaoning, don't mind!"
Li Zexuan blinked his eyes, gave a look that everyone understood, and said vulgarly.
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