Chapter 328

"What, Mojia village gave up najuan substitute service and assumed the official road in the south of the city?"

Soon, what happened in the county government of Chang'an city soon spread in Chang'an city,

Many people don't understand why Merton did this. It's reasonable to say that Mojia village doesn't lack this money at all, and they have already paid the immunization money.

Moreover, the repair of official roads was originally the most onerous work among all corvees. In the past, villages were unwilling to do it. If it were not for the reason that Chang'an county magistrate had been escorting HeJiazhuang to pull bricks and tiles to destroy the road, it was estimated that the repair of official roads would become a big problem.

However, they did not expect that Mojia village took the initiative to stop this task on their own.

"According to me, this move of Mojia village is not necessary at all. Obviously, it has paid the immunization money. Who still uses it to serve corvee? The money earned by Mojia village is more than the immunization money." some people disdained.

"That's right. Besides, the mojiazi is already a marquis. Where do you need to worry about other villages?" someone echoed.

However, many people shook their heads and said, "in my opinion, it is wise for Mojia village to undertake this corvee. Mojia village itself is a big village in the south of the city, and most of the official roads in the south of the city are damaged because of Mojia village. If Mojia village does not undertake corvee this time, its reputation will be ruined."

"You can't contract the corvee to repair the official way every year! It's not an easy job!"

"According to what I said, is the Mohist family doing anything? Think about it. The Mohist family suffered a loss that time."

"Yes!" many people nodded in their hearts, which was a burden in the eyes of many ordinary people, but they could often create miracles in the hands of Mohists.

People talked and had different opinions. They were all paying attention to Mohist village and wondering what miracle Mohist could create this time.

In the Mo mansion.

Merton quietly looked at the map of the official road in the south of the city on the table. Fu Bo, Xu Jie and Li Yi, who came from Mojia village, frowned and surrounded each other.

The official road in the south of the city is fifty miles long and three feet wide, and it is repaired by a village in Mojia village. The task this time is not light.

Li Yi looked at Merton and immediately complained: "young master, this is too reckless. The official road in the south of the city has always been a difficult problem. How much burden will the Mojia village bear every year in the future."

Merton shook his head and said, "the main reason for the damage of the official road in the south of the city is the steel wheel of the four-wheel carriage. It is Mohist village that built the four-wheel carriage, and Mohist village is also the culprit for the damage of the official road. Mohist village is duty bound to repair the road."

Li Yi opened his mouth and wanted to advise, but when he thought about the potholes in the official way, he had to give up.

Merton then added, "in addition, I believe other official ways are also seriously worn out."

Xu Jie nodded and said, "the official road from Luoyang to Chang'an city is the busiest. There are many four-wheel carriages, and the official road is also seriously damaged."

He often runs to Chang'an and Luoyang, and is most familiar with the situation of this route.

"I'm afraid the sales of wagons have decreased a lot!" Merton sighed.

Li Yi was stunned and said, "the four wheeled carriages made in Mojia village have not been reduced recently!"

Xu Jie said with a bitter smile: "the recent sharp increase in the sales of four-wheel carriages and four-wheel buses has covered up the problem, and the sales of four-wheel trucks have already decreased significantly."

Merton nodded and said, "the four-wheel carriage has extremely high requirements for road leveling. The damage of local official roads will cause inconvenience to the four-wheel carriage behavior. In the future, the sales volume will decline, and the steel wheels will destroy the road too much. If this party does not solve it, even if we do not take the initiative to solve it, the imperial court will certainly criticize the Mohist School in the future."

Li Yi frowned and said, "it's OK to solve the problem of the wheel. Lao Zhang has built a new wheel, and a wooden ring is installed on the outer ring of the steel wheel. In this way, isn't it the same as the previous wooden wheel, which greatly reduces the road wear, and once the wooden ring is damaged, it can be replaced to protect the steel ring from wear."

Merton nodded. He just talked about the prototype of future tires and Lao Zhang's head. He didn't expect Lao Zhang to make such a substitute. This is also a method.

"If the order goes on, all the four-wheel carriages purchased in Mojia village will be replaced with new ones free of charge!"

Li Yi was shocked when he heard the speech and hurriedly advised: "young master, in this way, Mojia village will cost a lot!"

The carriages sold by Mojia village are not a small number. If all of them are replaced with new wheels, the money lost by Mojia village will go to the sea.

Merton shook his head and said, "if these carriages are allowed to damage the official way, the imperial court may prohibit the sale of four-wheel carriages. It's not weak to make a decision early, and it's time to understand the grievances between the Mohists and the public losers."

Xu Jie's heart moved. The public loser imitated a four-wheel carriage and sold a lot of carriages with the advantage of low price. If the Mojia village changed the wheels for free, the public loser would lose whether he followed or not.

"Young master, wise!" Xu Jie couldn't help sighing. Merton's plan was a conspiracy. In this way, he could not only solve the problem of destroying the road by the steel wheel of the carriage, but also directly suppress the public loser.

When Li Yi heard the speech, the Mohists and the public losers used to be sworn enemies. Now they are competitors. If they can attack the public losers, the Mohists will not hesitate.

Moreover, at this time, it is not a black hand against the public losers, but fair competition. Even if the public losers lose, they have nothing to do. Moreover, this time, the villages in the south of the city jointly forced the palace, and there is no shadow of the public losers behind it.

After solving the wheel problem, Merton looked again at the map of the official road in the south of the city. Ning Sheng said: "the official road is damaged. One reason is that the steel wheels of the four-wheel carriage are severely worn. On the other hand, the official road is mostly compacted with soil. Once it is rainy and snowy, it is muddy and can't bear the weight of the four-wheel carriage."

Xu Jie nodded and said, "dongweng is right. Most of the four wheeled carriages bear four or five thousand kilograms. Even the official roads of the Tang Dynasty can't bear it, and other roads can't bear it."

Merton nodded: "This is also the most important reason to limit the sales of four wheeled carriages. The most important reason why I agreed to build the official road in the south of the city is that the current road does not fit the four wheeled carriages at all. If this time, Mojia village can build a road that can bear four wheeled carriages, you can think about it. In time, all roads in Datang will be able to bear four wheeled carriages What scale will the sales of carriages in Mojia village be without damage? "

The three of them suddenly breathed. If so, the four-wheel carriage business would certainly be popular in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the profits made by Mojia village could not be compared with that of trimming the official roads in the south of the city.

"Xu admired dongweng for his foresight." Xu Jie sighed.

Merton said meaningfully: "the world is peeping into the way of getting rich in Mojia village. Today, Mojia village will pass on the most important secret to the world."

"If you want to be rich, build roads first!"