Chapter 335

"Wei Chen still has selfishness!" Merton said proudly, with a righteous look.

Li Shimin can't help but draw his cheek. How thick should this boy be? He is so shameless.

"Since ancient times, all affluent places, without exception, have dense water and land transportation. Yangzhou is the intersection of the Grand Canal and the Yangtze River, the center of Yizhou and Shuzhou, and the roads extend in all directions. Luoyang is the center of the Grand Canal, both water and land, and Chang'an City is connected by all roads. It can be seen that roads are important to the city," Merton said.

Li Shimin and other officials pondered carefully and found that most of the big cities were built with convenient transportation.

"But Mojia village is adjacent to the mountain area in the south, and there is no good traffic. What should I do?" said the stall

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

Li Shimin was shocked and blurted out.

Merton said: "yes, if you want to be rich, build roads first. Mojia village is developing day by day. There are many cars and horses. The original rammed earth official road can no longer meet the needs of Mojia village. Mojia village needs a road that can carry the load of four-wheel carriages and can walk even in rainy days."

Merton did not shy away from talking about the selfishness and even ambition of the Mohist village in front of all officials.

All officials could not help but look dignified. At first, they didn't take the slogan of building roads and getting rich of Mohism to heart. They just laughed as a limerick, but they didn't think that Mohism was not just shouting slogans. They not only analyzed the order, but also practiced it.

"Wait, you mean it can be opened to traffic in rainy days." Cheng Yaojin suddenly exclaimed.

Merton said proudly, "that's natural. You've all walked through rosefinch Street on rainy days, but you've ever encountered a bit of mud."

All officials immediately shook their heads. Naturally, Zhuque Avenue is the facade of Datang. All roads are paved with bricks. Even in heavy rain, it still does not affect normal walking.

"In the past, every rainy day, the road was muddy, the business trip was cut off, and even the rest of the month was often interrupted. Mojia village mixed soil with lime to solidify the soil, and paved with green bricks. Even if the rainstorm was pouring, it would not affect the walking in the least." Merton explained.

Duan Lun suddenly understood why Merton spent so much time immediately mixing lime and paving bricks.

All officials also plan that this brick road directly leads to Chang'an City from Mojia village. From then on, Mojia village will surely enter a period of rapid development and make a lot of money.

"If you want to be rich, you should build roads first." all officials chewed this sentence carefully and couldn't help sighing. It can be said that although mojiazi spent so much on building roads, he can ensure the development of Mojia village in the past ten years. From the standpoint of Mojia village, it's not too much to say that this brick road is the way to get rich in Mojia village. No wonder mojiazi built this road all night regardless of so much discussion, Create established facts.

Wei Zheng also wanted to understand the truth, and his tone of criticism was weakened by three points.

"Hey, law!"

A four-wheel carriage came running along the brick road and straight to the south gate. When it was close to the gate, all officials saw clearly that it was Qin Huaiyu who was driving.

Cheng Yaojin immediately shouted angrily, "these three smelly boys are riding in the street. See if I don't skin them!"

At present, all the officials are here, and the three people are riding horses in the street. Isn't it that they fall into the hands of others and make Cheng Yaojin lose his face.

Qin Qiong and Wei Chi Baolin are also angry. They look like they hate iron but don't make steel.

Merton hurriedly dissuaded: "don't blame the three uncles. This is the road test being carried out in Mojia village. The three brothers volunteered to measure the speed of the brick road. Moreover, all intersections are guarded by Mojia children to clean the road and ensure the safety of pedestrians. Nothing will happen."

When Qin Huaiyu saw Merton building a brick road, even they kept it from them. They rushed to ask the teacher for guilt. Merton had no choice but to hand over the brick road speed measurement to the three people, who immediately ran away excitedly.

Cheng Yaojin fixed his eyes and found that there was a special order under the city, which was a sigh of relief.

The brake sounded, and the carriage stopped slowly under the south gate.

Qin Huaiyu jumped down and carried out a huge hourglass from the four-wheel carriage. Seeing that there were still a lot of sand grains just now, they immediately cheered: "a hundred miles an hour."

The hundred mile Mojia village is just the mileage to and from Chang'an city. A four-wheel carriage runs in an hour, with an average speed of 50 miles per hour. It is naturally nothing in later generations, but it is a great speed in this era.

"Hundreds of miles in an hour!" all the officials were startled. Chang'an city is only 800 miles away from Luoyang. If brick roads were paved, wouldn't it be morning and night.

Li Shimin's mind turned sharply and his eyes were erratic.

However, it was not over. Soon a second carriage followed, but this was a four-wheel truck.

Mo Si jumped down from the carriage, opened the carriage and revealed a full cart of bricks. He proudly said, "double horse four-wheel truck, with a load of 5000 kg, 50 Li an hour."

"The load is five thousand kilograms, fifty miles an hour." Li Shimin's eyes burst.

"Li Aiqing, how many miles is Chang'an City from Longyou?" Li Shimin asked Li Jing.

"Back to your majesty, it's nearly 1500 miles." Li Jing replied.

"How long does it take for the grain and grass escort to get to Longyou from Chang'an City?" Li Shimin asked again.

Li Jing said bitterly, "at least in January, if you encounter cloudy and rainy weather, you can't estimate it."

Li Shimin suddenly looked up at the official road in the south of the city, and his mood was fluctuating. It takes more than a month to travel 1500 Li, and the official road in the south of the city can travel 300 Li a day, except for eating and rest, 12 hours and 6 hours a day.

Fifteen hundred miles, it was only five days, and even if it was a torrential rain, it could arrive as scheduled.

In ancient times, when marching and fighting, the soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first. It can be imagined that the importance of grain and grass was very serious, and the loss of grain and grass during transportation was very serious. Ten thousand tons of grain were transported from Chang'an city to Longyou. Except for the expenses along the road, the remaining five achievements were good. It is also common for military aircraft to be delayed on rainy days. It can be said that food and grass are the key to determining the outcome of a war.

If there is such a brick road from Chang'an city to Longyou, coupled with the super heavy load of the four-wheel carriage, it can be delivered on time in five days, and there is no loss of half along the way.

"At the end, I will ask your majesty to build a brick road to Longyou!" Li Jing suddenly stepped out.

His eyes are extremely vicious. At a glance, he can see how important an unimpeded logistics line is to the Datang military.

"At the end of the day, I will ask your majesty to build this road." a group of military generals also immediately understood the significance of brick road to the military and said one after another.

Wei Zheng immediately angrily shouted, "Merton, I'm afraid this is your real purpose. When you build this brick road, you must have calculated until today!"

Everyone knows that Merton never forgets to destroy Tuyuhun, and even does not hesitate to give snow and salt secret skills. In Wei Zheng's view, Merton's throwing brick road must be to lure his majesty to build brick road and solve Tuyuhun at one fell swoop.

Merton laughed and said, "Lord Wei, I underestimate mo. is a brick road pursued by Mo? The brick roads of the Tang Dynasty are vertical and horizontal, and the ten paths of the Tang Dynasty are connected. This is the boy's purpose."

All officials were surprised and looked at the ambitious Merton in disbelief.