The governor of Yizhou was appointed by the former Iwu royal family. He was said to be the governor, and he was almost like a king in Yizhou.

King Yiwu surrendered at the beginning of Li Shimin's ascension to the throne. The Li Tang Dynasty treated him quite favorably, which allowed him to retain privileges to a considerable extent. The court's interference and management of Yizhou was mainly to select members of the Yiwu royal family who were close to the Tang Dynasty and named him as governors.

The governor of the state must obey the imperial court orders and go to Chang'an City to prosecute his duties regularly. However, the land of Longxi is too far from Chang'an City. The saints do not require them to enter Beijing every year. For example, Chen Jiao, the governor of Guazhou, has not been to the capital for two or three years. Not to mention a place like Yizhou, the journey is longer and the situation is more special.

I heard that the Tang Dynasty is currently building roads in Longxi, and it is necessary to build from Liangzhou to Dunhuang. From Liangzhou City, there are two cement roads leading to the Central Plains. One goes south to Chang'an, the other goes through the inner road of Guan, passes Mengmen Pass, and then goes south from Hedong Road to Chang'an, and connects to several waterways in the Central Plains.

The governor Yiwu and his family were also very moved. If Yiwu could build a cement road from them, it would be connected to the two cement roads that stretched tens of thousands of miles. Thinking about the grand occasion of merchants' exchanges in the future is really fascinating.

Unfortunately, they did not have the technology to burn cement, and the second is that the investment in road construction is really too high.

From Yiwu City to Changle Jinchang, the journey is quite long, and most of them are deserted slopes of Gobi, so it is not easy to replenish supplies. If you want to build a cement road that is about a wide battle in such a place, I really don’t know how much manpower and material resources you need to fill in!

At this moment, Luo Yi was here and advised them to build the road and quickly repair the road in front of the Gaochang people. If the merchants think this road is easy to walk on, they will definitely be here every year in the future.

Then the governor of Yiwu called Qiu and Luo Yong: "How come I don't want to build a road? It's just that Yiwu is a place with few people and has little financial resources. How can I build such a long cement road?"

"How can the governor hesitate at such a critical moment?" Luo Yong lobbled: "When the road in Gaochang is repaired, the merchants have spoken out of word, saying that the road is easy to walk, who will come to Yiwu in the future?"

But the governor Yiwu said, "I also know this truth, but I, Yiwu, have no money or food, and I really don't have the ability."

Luo Yong sighed and said, "Although it takes a lot of money to build this path, it is also a success. It is related to the prosperity and decline of your Yiwu realm."

The governor Yiwu sighed, and he said, "I wonder if Sanlang can help me, Yiwu and the saint talk about this matter. If I cannot get help from the court, I, Yiwu, is such a remote place, and it will be difficult to build this path with my own strength."

It turned out that these Yiwu were having this idea. They heard that Luo Yong was quite eyed by the emperor. Although he was from an ordinary farmer, he became an official early and was quite glorious in Chang'an City. Even the King Gong was exiled because of him.

So they wanted Luo Yong to help speak in front of the emperor and let the Central Plains dynasty contribute money and efforts to build this road. Didn’t the court always want to strengthen control and management of Yizhou? They are resistant to other things, but the road construction is a matter of, considering the convenience and economic benefits this road will bring to Yiwu, they are still acceptable.

"..." Luo Yong smiled and looked at the governor Yiwu, thinking to himself that what good things are this little old man thinking.

In their place in Yizhou, they didn’t pay much tax throughout the year. Now, when it comes to building roads, they want the court to help. Where did the court’s money and food come from? It’s not the tax paid by the people in other places.

To put it bluntly, the abacus they made was to take advantage of the people in other places. It was so unkind!

Luo Yong smiled and said to the governor of Yizhou: "I heard that the saints were going to build roads in Longxi earlier, and there was already a lot of controversy in the court. This year, I heard that Xue Yantuo was a little uneasy again, and maybe they would have to fight again. In this situation, it would be difficult to ask the court to help build roads."

"..." The governor of Yizhou stopped talking.

He had heard about Xue Yantuo's news earlier. The journey here is quite long and the news is not transmitted in time. I don't know what the situation is now and whether there is a fight. As Luo Yong said, it is really unlikely that the court will still help them build roads in this situation.

"I don't know that Saburo came here this time for..." After a while, the governor of Yizhou asked Luo Yong again.

"Your Majesty also knows that the water and grass in Changle County are not fat, the land is poor, and the crops are often poor, so planting white flowers is suitable. However, this way, grain becomes a problem. I heard that Yizhou can produce grain very much, so I will see what it is." Luo Yong bowed to the governor of Yizhou and said.

When the governor of Yizhou heard this, Luo Yong wanted to transport food from them. It seemed that there was still a chance to build the road, so he felt a little happy again. He was not as humble as before and said that he was poor. He didn't say that there were few people and land was thin:

"To be honest, Sanlang said that I can only produce some grain in Yizhou, but the place is not good. There are no villages and stores in the front, and there are a few grains, and they often cannot sell them at any good price."

"Of course it's much better than Chang Le." Luo Yong also said so.

"I wonder if this road construction matter can help Saburo solve my urgent needs in Yizhou?" asked the governor of Yizhou.

I heard that the Luo family is also very rich, especially Luo Erniang, who was famous for being rich in Liangzhou City. Now she still has a batch of pearls in her hand. Someone used to buy goods to get a few from Luo Erniang. It was really a rare thing. Now those beads are hidden in a box in his bedroom, and they have to be taken out to play with them from time to time.

"If you want to talk about money and food, I can't help much." Luo Yong smiled:

"I have a disciple named Hengzhi under my command. I have a rare item a while ago. After I saw it, I realized that if this item was handed over to you Yiwu, it might be of some use."

The governor of Yizhou raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing?"

Luo turned his head and looked at Qiao Junlin, and then Qiao Junlin took off the bag on his back, took out a flat wooden box from the bag, placed the box on the table, and opened it: "Please check it out."

The governor of Yizhou stumbled forward slightly, lowered his eyes slightly, and then he could no longer look away, and could not help but approach and observe carefully.

I saw two tracks laid in the wooden box with two thin wooden strips. A carriage was placed on the track. The two wheels of the carriage were placed on the track. When I reached out and pushed it gently, the carriage actually slid out on the track, very smooth and light!

"Sanlang means, is it that I want me to build such a road?" The governor of Yizhou looked up at Luo Yong and asked.

"That's right." Luo Yong smiled and replied: "It's really a bit of a big deal to repair the cement road. It's too much money and food. If you just build a road like this, I think there should be no problem with Yiwu's financial resources."

In fact, Yiwu is quite rich, with large oasis, and is located on the business road. Although it is a state of the Tang Dynasty, due to its political special nature, it has not paid many taxes throughout the year. In the past ten years, I have never heard of any natural disasters and man-made disasters here. The family of Yiwu governor must be rich, so how could it be that there was no money?

"If this road is built, I wonder if it is really useful?" If it is like this, just building a wooden track is not a very financial resource. There are large areas of wood in Yizhou, so cut some trees to use.

"The ears are empty and the eyes are real. What's wrong with the things in this box?" Luo Yong said to him.

"It looks really good." The governor of Yizhou was really moved at this time. The carriage was so light and moved on the wooden tracks. If he put on a fast horse to pull the car, how fast would it be to run, and it was very stable.

"If you can wrap a layer of iron on the outside of the wooden track, the effect will be better." Luo Yong said.

"Iron?" The governor of ISU was surprised when he heard this: "How can he put such a precious thing in the wild and be taken away by someone?"

Luo Yong: "..."

Indeed, the price of iron is still too expensive at this time, and it is unrealistic to build railway tracks at this time, so he thought of the wooden tracks. It is said that in the 17th century, some coal mines in Britain were distributed with dense wooden tracks like spider webs. It was not until the mining and smelting industry became more and more developed that the wooden tracks gradually replaced by railway tracks.

After this conversation, the governor of Izhou and his family warmly welcomed Luo Yong, treating him with a VIP ceremony, not only providing them with a luxurious and comfortable residence, but also arranged servants and servants to serve him.

When Luo Yong was fine, he liked to stroll on the streets of Yiwu, often chatting with local shops and merchants, and he said that it would last for most of the day or even the whole day.

Because he was kind, knowledgeable, generous, and generous, he was also the magistrate of Changle County and had connections in Chang'an City, most of the local merchants in Yiwu were willing to interact with him. When Luo Yong asked them about the news, he often achieved twice the result with half the effort.

A few days later, Luo Yong and others returned to Changle County, and soon, Yizhou sent a group of officials and craftsmen to Changle County with money to learn how to lay wooden tracks and build wooden tracks.

As for how to learn, it is very simple. It is to start laying tracks from a vacant land outside Changle County, and lay them all the way towards Jinchang, and accumulate experience in discovering problems and solving problems in practice.

When laying wooden tracks, there are also some places where cement is needed. Adding cement can greatly increase the laying speed.

Luo Yong was also very generous this time, so he gave them the recipe for burned yellow cement on his hand.

Boiling cement is similar to making tofu, and it earns hard money. When the cotton planting industry in Changle County develops, few people will be willing to work in cement workshops to make money.

It is more important to pave the road at the moment. If this rail transport to Yizhou is open, then in the future, not only will the food problem be greatly alleviated, but the energy problem will be solved along with it.
Chapter completed!