Although he was still a little unwilling in his heart, Zhao Hongrun figured it out very much - since he had no chance to deal with the big nobles such as the Marquis of Yuanling for the time being, it was better not to think about the troubles in this regard and calm down and do something meaningful. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Out of this thought, Zhao Hongrun sent Zongwei Mu Qing to invite several courtiers to the palace on the seventh day of the twelfth month, after all, he himself was still in confinement and could not go out.

In addition, Zhao Hongrun also invited Li Jin, the director of the Military Casting Bureau, Wang Fu, the director of the General Administration of Metallurgy, as well as Chen Tang, Cheng Lin, Xun Xin, Lu Yu, Gu He, Zheng Zhao and other capable officials of the Smelting Bureau, as well as Xu Qiao, the master of the Metallurgical Bureau.

It is no exaggeration to say that if a group of thieves suddenly appeared at this time and killed these people on the invitation list, the domestic construction of Wei would immediately stop, because these people, who shoulder the heavy burden of the construction of large and small domestic engineering projects in Wei, are the talents who really strengthen the national strength of Wei.

It is precisely for this reason that even the arrogant Li Jin, the director of the War Casting Bureau, did not feel a little restrained after coming to the banquet hall and seeing all the guests present.

It is no wonder that after all, half of these officials in the palace are high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Industry, while the other half are officials of the Smelting Bureau, and the relationship between the Ministry of Industry and the Smelting Bureau is so good that they wear a pair of pants.

Only he, Li Jin and Song Moju, Xu is weak, and they are relatively weak.

But the problem is that Xu Qiao, the son of Song Moju, is now the "advisory officer" of the Smelting Bureau - this was appointed by His Royal Highness King Su.

If it weren't for Li Jin's decision to firmly move closer to the Smelting Bureau and His Royal Highness King Su, otherwise, he would really be unable to sit down here.

It's not because of their position, the problem is that some officials here actually hold the power of life and death in his military casting bureau.

For example, if the Smelting Bureau cuts off the supply of armor molds and iron embryo materials to the Military Casting Bureau, what will the Military Casting Bureau use to build armament armor? Do you want to go back to the days when armor was forged with hammers?

Another example is Xu Jiong, the division of the construction department of the Ministry of Industry, this time he moved out of the beam and settled outside the city, so he had to rely on this Lord Xu to send someone to build a workshop and a hearth for them.

However, what made Li Jin secretly relieved was that these officials seemed to have understood his position at the moment, so they were more enthusiastic when greeting him.

Even, Xu Jiong, the director of the Construction Department of the Ministry of Industry, made a joke with Li Jin: "Li Jucheng, about the workshop and hearth of your office outside the city, it was the instruction of His Royal Highness King Su, Li Jucheng, don't blame Xu." ”

"Lord Xu is serious." Li Jin also said with a smile.

In fact, he had already guessed that the Ministry of Industry Construction Division was stuck in the workshop and hearth of his Military Casting Bureau outside the city, which must have been instructed by His Royal Highness King Su, who let His Royal Highness King Qing not take the initiative to submit to His Royal Highness King Su, so don't think about His Royal Highness King Qing's armament order in the Military Casting Bureau for the time being.

"I don't know why His Royal Highness King Su invited us today, could it be that His Royal Highness King Qing held a banquet a while ago?" Deng Zhan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, joked with a smile.

That's right, at the beginning, King Qing Hongxin was for the purpose of winning over the big nobles in the country and demonstrating against King Yong's reputation, and feasted guests, but this time King Su Zhao Hongrun invited the Ministry of Industry, the Smelting Bureau, and the Military Casting Bureau, and also wanted to demonstrate, so that some people who were not dealing with His Royal Highness King Su could see the power of their King Su Party.

However, after hearing this, Meng Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, laughed and scolded, in fact, he knew the purpose of today's banquet.

Just when the officials were talking and laughing happily, Zhao Hongrun walked out of the inner room wearing a light brocade suit, and arched his hand to greet the officials in the palace: "Everyone, please forgive this king for being inconsiderate." ”

"Your Highness is serious."

"Your Highness, what are you talking about?"

The officials stood up one after another to return the salute.

After beckoning the officials to take their seats, Zhao Hongrun instructed the servants in the house to drink and eat, and then said with a smile while holding the wine cup: "That's right, this king is inviting you to a banquet today, just to be angry with that Zhao Wu." …… What are the people he invited? And this king dares to guarantee that all of you who are invited to this king's banquet today are all behind the scenes of my Great Wei! ”

Hearing this, the officials present couldn't help laughing, but Deng Zhan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Works, was a little embarrassed - he didn't expect his joke to be heard by His Royal Highness King Su.

After some jokes, Zhao Hongrun finally said the purpose of the banquet for all the officials present: "Originally, after the king returned to Daliang from Hedong, he was going to gather you to discuss a major matter, but I believe you have also heard that in recent days, this king was approached by a troublesome matter, but fortunately, this troublesome matter has finally been solved, so I invite you to the palace to discuss with you a matter related to my Great Wei century-old plan." ”

When Zhao Hongrun spoke, all the officials present listened carefully, and it was not until after Zhao Hongrun finished speaking that Meng Kui, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, deliberately asked: "His Royal Highness King Su, I don't know what is going on?" ”

I saw Zhao Hongrun glance around at the officials present, and said: "This king has decided that from next year, the national road network will be laid in my Great Wei, and all roads will be paved with cement. ”

"National road network?"

There was an exclamation in the hall.

In fact, most of the officials present had some speculation in their hearts: His Royal Highness King Su must have some big engineering project in his heart.

It's just that they didn't expect that His Royal Highness King Su had such a big ambition to pave a road network across the country, even the officials of the Ministry of Industry were frightened, and Li Jin, the director of the War Casting Bureau, was already widening his eyes in shock at this moment.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun clapped his hands and ordered, "Lift it up." ”

As soon as the words fell, Zongwei Lu Mu, Gao Kuo and others came to the hall carrying a large roll of things like sheepskin blankets, only to see them spread the things like sheepskin blankets in the center of the hall, and the officials in the hall were surprised to find that it was a national map of their Wei country.

"This thing was drawn by the Smelting Bureau, what do you think?" Zhao Hongrun stood up with the wine cup and asked with a smile.

Hearing this, the officials present praised that the products produced by the Smelting Bureau must be high-quality.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun had already thrown off his boots, stepped on the map to the location of the girder marked on the map, and said at the same time: "The girder is the capital of my Great Wei Dynasty, so the king decided to use the girder as the center of the national road network." …… Next year, the construction of four main official roads will be started, first, "Daliang to the east and west of the river", second, "Daliang to Sanchuan Yucheng", third, "Daliang to the east of Hedong", and fourth, "Daliang to Shangshui...... These four roads are temporarily designated as official roads, and in case of emergency, they are used as military roads, and in addition, they are ...... The king also plans to build a gadget next to these four official roads, Wang Fu, and distribute the drawings to all the adults. ”

"Yes." Wang Fu, director of the General Administration of Metallurgy, stood up, took out a stack of drawings from his arms, and distributed them to all the officials present, and even Li Jin, the director of the Military Casting Bureau, also got a copy.

"It's ......"

Li Jin frowned and looked at the drawings, and couldn't help but wonder a little in his heart.

Because it seemed to him that the drawings were nothing more than a horse-drawn carriage.

Could it be that His Royal Highness King Su doesn't recognize the carriage?

Li Jin hurriedly put this ridiculous conjecture behind him, after all, he caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye that the officials of the Ministry of Industry were all looking at the drawings carefully with serious faces at the moment.

"Am I overlooking something?"

Li Jin calmed down and carefully observed the drawings again, and only then did he notice that the carriage drawn on the drawings seemed to have something laid under the wheels.

At this time, Zhao Hongrun also said: "This thing is a 'rail carriage', this king is going to build next to these four new pipelines, with cement as the base and iron as the track, after the laying is completed, this car can travel hundreds of miles a day......

Listening to Zhao Hongrun's introduction, the officials of the Ministry of Industry secretly spoke - it is not uncommon to ride a horse for 100 miles a day, but any cavalry veteran can do it, but the carriage travels 100 miles a day, which is a bit scary.

This means that the speed of horse-drawn carriage transportation will be faster than that of water transportation.

What's more, water transport depends on the river, and where there is no river, there is no way to transport it, so it is necessary to dig the canal manually.

Road transportation is different, and the speed of road transportation depends on whether the road is smooth and smooth.

Compared with road building and river digging, it must be convenient to build roads, not to mention, now the Ministry of Industry and the Metallurgical Bureau have mastered strategic materials such as cement.

"This thing has been tested by the Smelting Bureau?" Xie Xian, the left waiter of the Ministry of Works, asked.

He still felt that the rhetoric of His Royal Highness King Su in front of him was too exaggerated, and the carriage that traveled hundreds of miles a day?

If this thing really has this speed, what else is it going to do with water transportation?

But when he looked at the drawings carefully, he felt that the thing did make a difference, and this was due to the judgment of an official of the Ministry of Works.

After a while, the officials of the Ministry of Industry approved this drawing, and even thought that with the rail carriage, their Ministry of Industry could put down the project of digging the river and repairing the canal, after all, if the carrying capacity of the rail carriage was really as introduced by His Royal Highness King Su, then the waterway could be directly eliminated.

However, Zhao Hongrun still disagrees with this argument, after all, the rail carriage can be artificially destroyed, so it is necessary to set up a post station next to the track and send troops to garrison; And how can the canals on which water transportation depends be artificially destroyed?

Therefore, both the road network and the waterway network are necessary, and both can be taken into account in order to diversify the roads of the Wei State and improve the fault tolerance rate.

In the ensuing banquet, the officials present did not care about eating and drinking, and began to discuss the two things proposed by Zhao Hongrun: "laying a national road network" and "building on a carrier track".

After intense discussions, the officials agreed that the two projects were very promising.

The only problem is that the cost is too huge for the Ministry of Household to approve - after all, the construction of four official roads that also take into account the carriages at the same time is too scary.

You must know that the Ministry of Engineering was responsible for building a military road from the girder to Shanyang in the east of the river, but it has not been completely completed until now - although there was no cement as a sharp weapon at the beginning.

What's more important is that behind the household, that is Xiangwang Hongjing, and Xiangwang Hongjing, that is the prince who stands next to Qingwang Hongxin, under the current situation that King Zhao Hongrun deliberately made things difficult for Qingwang Hongxin with the military casting bureau, will Xiangwang Hongjing easily let go?

However, Zhao Hongrun is not worried about this.

Because he didn't intend to let the household department contribute capital - only if he raised funds by himself, he had the right to speak, except for the imperial court, he let whoever he wanted to use it, and he didn't let anyone use it if he didn't want to use it.

"We'll see!"

The figures of Marquis Yuan Ling and others appeared in his mind, and Zhao Hongrun secretly sneered.