Chapter 698

Seeing Ma Shang agreeing and leaving in a hurry, Zhao Xu then touched his already hot old face. Damn it, I was shocked and thought I was having any physical problems or had something wrong with my heart.

The result was good. It was because of a bowl of porridge. After Zhao Xu shook his head with a laugh, he thought of winning one after another in the fight with all the officials today, and he felt much more happy.

Today's battle of wits and courage is so tense and exciting, which makes Zhao Xu look so tired and powerless after the court meeting.

I couldn't help but think of a saying that Wang Yang and Wang Wushan often say is that fighting with others will bring endless joy. Now it seems that the sense of accomplishment obtained after fighting wits and courage with these disliked ministers is indeed extremely pleasant to the body and mind. It is really a pleasure.

Unfortunately, Wang Wushan is not here, otherwise he would have to be with him.

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In the spring in the north of the border, the spring is chilly, but the temperature is already above zero. As long as the water no longer freezes, the cement project can be put on the agenda. Among the 75,000 prisoners of war, nearly 10,000 were still left in the prisoner-of-war camp outside Huanzhou City because of his injuries.

Wang Yang wanted 10,000 prisoners of war for the remaining 65,000 people. Today, the spring is just right and the sun is shining, but it is a good day for construction to start. However, in this era, the construction ceremony is very simple. Just a few cases are arranged to sacrifice the five animals to bless the project smoothly. Then Wang Yang also brought in a group of officials to serve as guests of the ribbon-cutting.

A group of civil servants and military generals stood in front of a red rope with laughter and cry, clumsyly cutting the red rope with the scissors to show that the construction was started.

Wang Daguanren didn't have time to pay attention to other people's feelings. As long as he felt happy, he smiled the three girls who were hiding in the crowd watching the fun. Naturally, he knew that this was a kind of evil taste of his official.

"Okay, sirs, thank you for coming to support the project. The project will definitely go smoothly. By the way, Brother Xiude, the civil affairs of Yanzhou and the operation of Yanzhou's salt ponds will be more troubled." After Wang Yang thanked these civil and military officials enthusiastically, his eyes fell on an old acquaintance.

This was the official of the Duan Prince's Mansion in the past, but now because of Wang Yang's words and Duan Prince Zhao Ji, he has now become Gao Qiu and Gao Xiude, the magistrate of Yanzhou.

Wang Yang was still very clear about Gao Qiu's ability, so he was relieved to suggest that the emperor come over. Gao Qiu was also very clear about the reason why he could appear here and become the magistrate of Yanzhou.

Hearing this, he naturally did not dare to neglect. "Don't worry, sir, the subordinates will definitely be cautious and dare not make mistakes, and will not be disappointed."

"Brother Xiude doesn't have to be so polite. This is not an official office. You and I are just like each other." Wang Yang smiled heartily, patted Gao Qiu's shoulder and said.

"Okay, then Gao is not polite." Seeing that Wang Yang, who is now the founding county Duke and the three states' strategic pacification envoy, was still as usual, Gao Qiu couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The main reason is that Wang Yang's identities brought too much pressure to himself, which even made him breathless. In less than half a year, he had become a third-rank nobleman. His speed of success was definitely unprecedented and no one came later.

After chatting with Gao Qiu for a few more words, Gao Qiu hurriedly left for Yanzhou because of official business, while Wang Yang and Zhe Keshi and others looked at the craftsmen who were busy at the moment, as well as the unlucky prisoners of war, who were leveling the land.

"I said, brother, are you going to finish the work within the year too early? After all, this is a road construction, and you said you had to dig a mountain ridge before." Zhe Keshi looked at the scene where countless hoes fell down, and he couldn't help but ask Wang Yang.

"Of course there is no problem. Before, Mr. Su had already taken good care of building a cement straight road, and had transported a lot of Yuanyou Cement to Yanzhou before.

After previous surveys, the cement straight road built from Yanzhou Prefecture City to Huanzhou Prefecture City will be as long as 400 miles long. We only need to be responsible for reaching the 183 miles from Qintuokou. The ones heading north from Huanzhou will be responsible for the work. It will take about three months for two thousand people to be able to be completed.

Just to minimize the slope of the road, three thousand prisoners of war are digging the mountain on those ridges that are too high and too steep, trying to reduce the slope to a level of gentle enough, so I added the estimated construction period to three months and six months, which is enough."

"The three-meter-wide cement straight road is more than 180 miles long, and it will be done in half a year?" Zhe Keshi couldn't help but take a breath.

"Three zhang wide refers to the width of the road surface, each with one zhang and five zhang on the left and right, and a space of about two feet wide will be empty in the middle, as if vehicles are driving randomly, blocking traffic. In addition, ditches of three feet wide will be built on the sides of the road." Wang Yang couldn't help laughing when he saw Zhe Keshi's surprised expression.

"You don't think about it. We have been doing preparations for several months before. The prisoner of war has smashed stones for several months and has already reserved a lot of stone for us.

The biggest problem before was the lack of transportation and animal power, but now we have so many cattle and horses, and we have also built 3,000 new wheelbarrows and 500 two-wheeled trucks…”

Listening to Wang Yang's spitting and full of confidence, Zhe Keshi couldn't help but stir up a wave in his heart. "At the same time, if we could build the cement straight road from Huanzhou to Yanzhou within half a year, then our army would be really on the flat ground."

"Since that's the case, why don't you ask Scholar Su for more prisoners of war here, and then build the cement straight roads passing through Youzhou and Hongzhou together."

"I want to ask for more, but do you think it is suitable for more people to ask for more people now, given the situation of our three states?" Wang Yang sighed helplessly, and his eyes fell on Yanzhou Prefecture City not far away.

"Now, the people of Dangxiang in Yanzhou City seem to be obedient to the rule of our Song Dynasty, but in fact they hate it. Over the past few days, the conflicts with the foreign people and the Han people have become more and more obvious. And there are also many Dangxiang people secretly colluding and connecting..."

"If it weren't for maintaining public security and stabilizing the situation, Wang sometimes wanted to ask his brother Taiwan to lead troops into the city and expel all the people of the Party and Xiang. Unfortunately, this was at most just thinking about it.

Gao Qiu told me just now that although he has taken over Yanzhou for only five days, he has discovered more than ten household fugitives. Fortunately, most of the household fugitives have been arrested."
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