Chapter 502 (1/2)
In May, the sun is hot in the sky.
The atmosphere of the capital is as lively as the weather!
From the court hall to the folk, it is lively.
The court is fighting a lawsuit again, while the people are watching the strange.
In fact, these two things, in the final analysis, are one thing, cement road.
Gu Jiu, one of them, provoked the clamor of the chaotang people, and the cement road that was born in the sky refreshed the people's understanding of the world in Beijing.
”Oh! This road can still be repaired like this! ”
”It's smooth and smooth. The day before yesterday's rainstorm, I went to the cement road, and there was no mud on the shoe.”
”Really? That's good. When the roads in the city are paved with cement, it's not so difficult to go out on rainy days. ”
South Gate, official road.
The road is separated from the middle, half of which has been built into concrete. In a few days, it has been repaired for five or six miles. This is still delaying the construction period, so the construction is so slow.
The other half of the official road is the same as before, paved with yellow mud. On a rainy day, yellow mud is full of legs. In sunny days, once the horses and chariots have passed, the dust is flying and people can choke to death.
Why did the emperor go out of a palace and spread loess and water in advance?
The purpose of laying loess is to level the road surface and fill in all kinds of potholes on the road surface.
Sprinkle water, is to press down the floating soil, to avoid cars and horses walking, dust flying.
Think about it, the emperor in a piece of flying dust through, from time to time encountered a pit bump, that picture is too beautiful, dare not see.
Gu Jiu let the engineering team, not in a hurry, slowly built half of the cement road outside the south gate, right as a model road.
Because of the concrete road, the people in Beijing have recently added a hobby. If they have nothing to do, they will go out of nanchengmen and go back and forth to the cement road for several times.
It's solid, it's smooth, it's clean.
If the other half of the official roads were built into cement roads, the roads would be cleaner.
A carriage came and drove steadily on half of the cement road without any bumps.
The peddler with the burden will step on the cement road from the yellow mud road as soon as the carriage passes, bringing all kinds of dust by the way. Hey, this road is more comfortable than yellow mud road.
The peddler held his head high and his face thumped.
There are rural farmers carrying agricultural products to set up a stall in the big locust tree market outside the gate of Nancheng city.
They don't dare to step on the concrete pavement for fear of being damaged. Still walking the other half of the yellow mud official road.
”Fellow villagers, go up the road, take the cement road. The road is comfortable. ”
The old man laughed and shook his head. He still insisted on walking on the muddy road. It's a strange thing to see. How valuable the cement road is, how can you walk casually.
The kids in Beijing are the most excited and call friends. They go back and forth along the cement road every day.
”The cement road has been built to ten mile Pavilion.”
”According to the steward, if chaotang agrees, the road will be built to Luozhou next year.”
”My God, how much will it cost to get to Los Angeles?”
”The steward said that when the road is officially built, a lot of people need to be recruited. Two meals a day, plus ten coppers. If anyone is willing to eat this bitter, they will go to the big Huaishu dam outside the south gate to sign up. If you are willing to learn technology, you can get higher wages. ”
”Really?”
”The steward of Sihai road and Bridge firm said it himself, of course, there can be no fake.”
”What kind of road and Bridge firm and what kind of thing are you talking about?”
”All roads and bridges are under the management of road and Bridge firms. Anyone who wants to sell goods can also go to the road and Bridge firm. ”
”People have cement. What can we sell?”
”Selling meat, vegetables, snacks and ready-made clothes can sell anything. Those who build roads should follow the road and Bridge firm to build them all the time. Can't you buy something to eat? The clothes are broken. Can't I buy two decent clothes to wear? Are you not allowed to sell a new pair of shoes because they are worn out? ”
”Is that so?”
”Haha, the big boy of the Li family runs out every day. I didn't expect to have a little more knowledge.”
Li Dalang smiles. After laughing, I was worried.
The steward of Sihai road and Bridge firm gave him a chance to run hard.
If he can organize a road repair team of 30 people, let him be a small leader.
As long as we do a good job, we can sign a ten-year contract with him, and we can earn at least twenty-three taels a year. You can also buy at an internal price.
The work of Sihai commercial company is an excellent choice for those who can't walk the imperial examination without the talent of reading, and who are not willing to serve as soldiers.
Li Dalang is fighting for his future.
He talked to his neighbors and said that road construction was much better and what the future was like.
But I don't know, the neighborhood neighbors in the early years have taken corvee, built walls, built roads, dug ditches and opened mountains.
How hard it is to build roads, they have a clear door.
It's not something ordinary people can eat.In the early years, when the imperial court was unstable, it would be good to catch up with the corvee service at that time, to go out for 100 people, and to return to 50 or 60 people.
Those roads, rivers, border fortresses, are filled with the lives of ordinary people.
Now, every family in Beijing is doing a business. They are willing to take money to redeem corvee every year, but they are not willing to do it in person. Where can you be fooled by Li Dalang? Follow him to build roads.
Li Dalang spent a few days, and no one was willing to follow him to repair the road.
He was frustrated and depressed.
I can't see it. I gave him an idea.
”All the people in the city have a living, so naturally they don't want to go with you to build roads. If you go to the countryside, the more remote and poorer you are, you can bring in 300 people, not to mention 30 people. ”
Li Dalang looked at his father eagerly, ”can people believe me?”
”Stupid! In the capital area, who doesn't know the four seas business. Tonight, you live outside the city, get up in the middle of the night, and block people at the gate of Sihai meat and vegetable shop in the market of big locust tree. Those people from remote villages are familiar with them. They can help you to build roads with as many people as you need. ”
Li Dalang was instructed to jump three feet high.
After packing, he went out of the city and opened a big shop to have a rest.
Li's mother asked his father, ”what can you think of? Can Sihai business not think of it? Don't come to the end, and you'll be busy. ”
Li's father said with a smile, ”if you want to build a road, you can't find anyone. Even if it's the mud legs in the countryside, they will go there.”.
I have thought about it for a few days, and I guess that the reason why Sihai commercial bank let the opportunity out is to give you a way out.
If Dalang can really take care of things after this, maybe he can do a small job in Sihai business. At least he knows a few words
”Sihai business is so good? And give people opportunities. ”
”Well, you don't understand that. It's said that the cement road is going to be built in Luozhou. Sihai merchants started their business in the capital city. When they arrived in Luozhou, Qianlong couldn't beat the local villains. If they didn't bring more local people to Luozhou, they would be pinched by the local aristocrats in Luozhou. The road of painstaking and painstaking repair has become the wedding dress for others. ”
”According to what you say, Sihai merchants want to attract people from the capital to Luozhou town?”
”I guess so.”
Li Fu still has some insight. Of course, the actual operation is not as simple as he said.
A group of road repair workers, what kind of field can town.
The real characters in the town are naturally the local giants of Luozhou.
Gu Jiu recently spread more than 500 invitation cards in Beijing and Luozhou.
Many people in Luozhou are officials in the capital. They hold their own status and are unwilling to deal with commercial banks. But they didn't mind letting the family send someone to attend Gu Jiu's business tea party.
Considering that it would take ten or twenty days for those people to travel from Luozhou to the capital, Gu Jiu tentatively scheduled the tea party on the fifth day of June.
At that time, the quarrel in the imperial court should have come to an end.
In private, the family order of the Shaofu and the Minister of the Ministry of Hubu contacted officials of Luozhou origin to build momentum for the road.
Most of the officials outside Los Angeles are against road building.
In fact, they are not really against it.
The half built concrete model road outside the city was secretly visited by civil and military officials, and they had a good feeling in the carriage.