Chapter 329

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

Li Shimin repeated this sentence, with a playful smile at the corners of his eyes.

Pound nodded and said, "Eighteen villages in the south of the city jointly sued Mojia village for destroying the official road. Mojia village and Chang'an County Government agreed that the corvee in Mojia village contracted the official road in the south of the city every year. Then the secret of getting rich came from Mojia village."

Li Shimin sighed, "the world has been peeping into the way to get rich in Mojia village, but it never thought that even if you sit on Baoshan empty, if the traffic is inconvenient, I'm afraid it's almost like sand."

Li Shimin has a deep understanding of this. Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, Li Tang has always paid great attention to road construction, and one of the key points of corvee every year is the repair of official roads.

In particular, Chang'an city itself is an international metropolis with convenient transportation and developed roads.

Pound hesitated and continued, "according to the legend of Mojia village, there is another sentence after this sentence."

"Oh!" Li Shimin suddenly became interested and asked curiously.

"If you want to be rich, build roads first, have more children and trees." pound read in cadence, but it rhymed very well.

"Have more children and more trees!" Li Shimin read this several times and couldn't help laughing.

Pound could not help shaking his head and laughing.

It has to be said that Merton's doggerel is indeed very appropriate. The Tang Dynasty implements the land equalization system, which grants land according to the average population. More children will naturally grant more land. Moreover, in this era, manpower is the most important labor force. The prosperity of the family often means that the labor force is sufficient and the family is rich.

As for many kinds of trees, since the prevalence of disposable chopsticks in the Tang Dynasty, the consumption of wood in Chang'an city is a terrible figure. The price of wood can be said to have been rising all the time. In addition, in this era, it is difficult to transport wood, and it is usually to get materials nearby. If there are a large number of trees around Chang'an City, it is really a lot of income.

"It does make some sense!" Li Shimin smiled. Among other things, a variety of trees are very good for his appetite. Datang is managing the Yellow River, and the most important thing is to Guangzhong trees. If you use this sentence to promote it, you may certainly get miraculous results.

"Lord Mo really has great talent. In a simple word, he tells us how to get rich." pound smiled.

"This boy is really talented, but they are all crooked talents. They show off his crooked poems all day!" Li Shimin also laughed and scolded. Which scholar doesn't see the poems so sacred, but Merton keeps crooked poems.

"But I always feel that Morton is going to make a moth by taking the initiative to build the road." Li Shimin couldn't help but feel a bad premonition.

Pound frowned and said uncertainly, "that's not true. Mohist craftsmanship is unique in the world. Mohist village builds roads and official roads in the south of the city. Your majesty can rest assured."

"I hope so!" sighed Li Shimin.

In fact, it's not just Li Shimin who pays attention to Merton's road construction. In fact, many people in Chang'an city are paying attention to it. After all, the Mojia Zi is a man of the moment in Chang'an city. He took the initiative to build the road. People are not curious. You know, the things that Mojia Zi made that time are extremely sensational every time and are still talking about it with relish.

Sure enough, just after the first day of road construction, the hot news immediately spread all over Chang'an city.

"The Mohists ploughed the official way."

"Plough!" people who heard this news were stunned. All along, the corvee renovation of official roads has always been to fill some potholes with soil and then tamp them slowly, while Mojia village plowed the whole official road in a word.

The little official in charge of supervising the road construction in Mojia village was shocked and ran back to the county government to report to Su Luosheng.

"What?" Su Luosheng was shocked at the news.

It turns out that although the official road is old, it can be used after repair. However, once the official road is ploughed in Mojia village, how long will it take to tamp it again.

"Mojia Zi!" suluosheng regretted. He knew that Mojia Zi often made amazing moves, but he didn't expect that he was frightened this time.

Now he doesn't know whether he has made the right decision to build roads in Mojia village.

"From a small point of view, the Mohist must be dissatisfied and deliberately retaliate against the county honor. The official road in the south of the city has been completely destroyed!" the petty official has a desire to die. He was originally a supervisor. If the Mohist village destroys the official road, he must also be involved.

Su Luosheng shook his head and said, "what's the use of mojiazi ploughing the road? Can he still plough in that kind of land? He must tamp it back for me inch by inch in the future."

The petty official frowned and said, "did Lord Su forget the construction period of the work department?"

Su Luosheng immediately couldn't sit still. He immediately put down his official duties and stood up and said, "go and have a look in the south of the city."

Nancheng gate is in full swing, and the whole Nancheng gate has become a huge construction site.

Su Luosheng looked up and saw that a group of Mohist children were driving their horses to plough, which was just built outside the Nancheng gate, leaving only the passage through two carriages for the entrance and exit of the Nancheng gate.

Hearing the news, the citizens of Chang'an came to watch the excitement, pointing aside and marveling. I'll see you for the first time for such a strange road construction.

Under the leadership of the Mohist children, Su Luosheng searched for a long time before he found Merton, who was commanding with a helmet.

"There are the most vehicles walking at the gate of the city, and the plow is half a foot deep within a mile south of the city."

Merton told a Mohist boy, and then looked up at the magistrate of Su County.

Su Luosheng said with a wry smile, "Lord Mo has a great hand. You only need to repair the official way. Why should Lord Mo renovate all of it."

When he came to the official road, he found that Merton did not build a road, but built a new road.

Merton shook his head, pointed to the other half of the potholed official road and said, "the official road in the south of the city is seriously damaged. If it is all tamped with soil, there will not be so many manpower in Mojia village."

Suluosheng said foolishly, "so Lord Mo plowed the official way. Isn't he working harder?"

Merton laughed and said, "there are many horses in Mojia village. Two horses and one plow are several times more efficient than manpower.

When Merton really built the road, he found that if he really rammed the road by manpower, it would be faster to renovate it.

Su Luosheng narrowed his eyes and said, "can Lord Mo know that it's really easy to use a horse plow, but what about tamping the road in the future?"

Merton shook his head and said, "what the Mohists are most proud of is us. It's not our strength, but our tools. The Mohist village doesn't plan to tamp the road with manpower. The Mohist village is ready to flatten it."

Merton casually pointed to a huge steel cylindrical giant like a stone: "This is a new tool of the Mohist school. It is a roller specially prepared for road construction. It is made of steel. The outer circle is empty. When rolling the road, it can be filled with sand and earth to increase its weight. The effect is comparable to rammed earth. However, eight horses can be pulled to repair the road three miles a day. The Mohist village has prepared and built ten for this."

Su Luosheng was shocked. This road construction method can be described as subversive. The efficiency is indeed amazing, but the consumption is also amazing. I'm afraid no one can complete it except the rich Mojia village.