This man was not polite. He took the bowl of mutton that the boss brought over and took out a water bag and a big cake from the bag next to him. He took a sip of dry biscuit, a sip of mutton and a sip of water. It was very satisfying.
"Eat slowly, do you want me to pour you some hot water?" The boss looked at him and asked, dumbfounded.
"Hey...hehe...no...Bu Yong, thank you boss." The man said thank you.
"Mr. Lang, have you heard this? This is what the people at the bottom think. We don't care about saints or not, but we cannot treat His Highness the King of Qin badly." The boss turned to Li Ke and said.
Li Ke was a little bit dumbfounded, but at the same time he was somewhat relieved.
To be honest, after doing so much, although Li Ke did not deliberately pursue fame, this thing, when you do things for others, you always hope that others will remember them in their hearts, without asking for anything in return, but you still remember his kindness in your heart. , this is what it should be, isn’t it?
He, Li Ke, is not a saint, so he always has this emotion.
But while he was pleased, Li Ke also admired his father even more. It had to be said that Li Shimin's vision of the problem was really accurate. The risks that Li Ke had mentioned before did indeed exist.
Now that Li Ke knows, it can be considered as a precautionary measure. As for issues such as reputation, Li Ke doesn't struggle anymore. It is useless to struggle with some issues, because this is bound to happen unless he doesn't do it.
"You elders, you have all thought too much. Your Majesty, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, must not have treated His Highness the King of Qin badly." Li Ke said with a smile, "Otherwise, it would be impossible for His Highness the King of Qin to take charge of these tasks, wouldn't it?"
"Hehe." The boss laughed twice without saying anything, and just continued: "Anyway, everyone's ideas are very simple. Your Highness has made us live a good life. We can't let His Highness suffer, and we must listen to His Highness. "
"My husband, just watch. This road will definitely get better and better. Even now, my husband, if you go forward and take a look, the road that passes through the mountains is better than before." It’s more than twice as wide.”
Hearing this, Li Ke frowned slightly. It is a good thing for the people to build roads on their own. However, when opening roads in valleys or halfway up mountains, without technical guidance, problems can easily arise if the people do this work on their own. Human lives matter.
If the county is also directly involved... Li Ke feels that this matter cannot be allowed to be allowed to continue randomly.
"It is quite dangerous to dig a mountain road. If there are no professionals, it may cause problems." Li Ke frowned.
"Hey, Mr. Lang, you can rest assured. When digging the mountain road, many craftsmen living in the mountains nearby have joined in. Their ancestors have lived in the mountains for generations. Even if the craftsmen from the imperial court come here to build the road, they still have to ask questions. Where are the craftsmen in the mountains?" the boss said.
Li Ke hesitated for a moment. From a certain point of view, the boss was right. Before the latest detection equipment, the construction of such a road mainly relied on experience and familiarity with the surrounding terrain.
Of course, the official roads built in ancient times are more like the provincial and national roads of later generations. They all run along the mountains. There are very few people who directly dig into the mountains to build roads, so the landslides must be less than those of later generations. many.
After chatting with the people in the service area, Li Ke quickly circled back to the inn. The problems that these low-level people chatted with were the ones that could be most directly reflected.
It can be seen that overall, the situation in Datang is still very stable, and the prosperity of business is also rising. Li Ke listened to a lot of conversations between caravan clerks and shopkeepers, and he could tell that various Local people's willingness to consume is constantly rising.
This is normal. When food production increases and there is enough food for sale, and then these people have enough food of their own, people will pursue better food.
For example, white noodles.
Once you start eating white flour, by-products such as bran will have other places to go. With some pigweed and wild grass, you can feed chickens and pigs.
When the number of these livestock begins to increase, people's income will definitely increase.
Many people keep some of these livestock for themselves and sell whatever they are reluctant to eat. When the income increases, they will buy clothes, ironware and other various things for their homes, or save some money to build a house for themselves.
As the desire for consumption increases, the number of these merchants will naturally increase. When the number of small merchants increases, business will prosper and goods will begin to circulate, and the prices of raw materials in the hands of the people will definitely increase.
At least it won't fall, and businessmen's profits will be solved by technological improvements for a long time.
In this case, as the number of businessmen and workers increases, these people will pursue a better life. At this time, the value of some agricultural products can be increased and the value of agricultural products can be improved.
And people's income will naturally increase by a certain amount.
This is a virtuous cycle of society. Of course, such a cycle will encounter problems sooner or later. At that time, the social order has reached a certain level and has a certain self-repair ability. By then, everything can be left to the market.
The country only needs to control the general direction.
A few days later, Li Ke and his team entered the mountainous area, and he also saw what the boss said was that the mountain road had been widened more than twice. Indeed, compared with the previous state where it was difficult for horse-drawn carriages to travel together, this mountain road can basically accommodate two horse-drawn carriages, which is indeed a great improvement.
After the road was widened, the ability of the caravans to travel was greatly improved. Especially in the past, these mountain roads were difficult for carriages to pass in some places. They could only use pack horses to go there, and then find carriages to transport the goods after crossing the mountains.
In this case, the transportation time will definitely slow down. At least the packhorses will need to make at least several trips or several times more to carry all the goods. Now the carriage can go directly over the mountain. Although the speed is slower, it is definitely several times faster than before.
Li Ke's whereabouts were not leaked much on the way. After all, unlike in later generations, information is transmitted so quickly, and almost no one knows Li Ke.
Therefore, the people who know Li Ke's whereabouts are basically the Ministry of Security, the Ministry of Intelligence, and local officials. The common people definitely don't know. It is even difficult for local officials to accurately know Li Ke's itinerary.
Along the way, Li Ke saw the changes he had made in Datang, which made him feel very good along the way.
