Time is like a sword, time is like a shuttle, in a blink of an eye it came to the spring of the thirteenth year of Tongzhi, the third day of the fourth month, the official road from Kulun to Zhangjiakou, which was built for a year, was finally repaired, and everyone was surprised to say that the speed of the Ministry of Communications was so fast, it was a miracle, in fact, many roads in the old days already existed, but the roads that were not subordinate to each other were connected, and the stone pavement was changed to a sandy pavement, and the road from Zhangjiakou to the Chahar Ranch of the Ministry of Rites has been paved with cement pavement, Next, it will take a few years to cement all the roads to Kulun.

"Speaking of which, this Mongolia is not promising, how can it build such a good road?" In the Xiangfu Teahouse, a tea guest asked puzzledly, "Spent so much money!" ”

"Yes, there are more Mongolians on the market now, and there seems to be nothing new."

"You just don't understand this," Zhang Wu jumped out again, only to see that his face was full of red, his waist was thicker than in previous years, the belt was made of fine sheepskin, and it was inlaid with various colored gemstones, he sat on the bench with his ass, and squeezed the people on the side to almost fall, Zhang Wu apologized again, and the people on the side were not angry, and hurriedly asked: "Fifth master, is there anything else to say here?"

"The big guy knows that I do the business of southern goods, the livelihood on the grassland, I didn't understand it originally, but a few days ago, some Mongolian gentlemen came to my small shop to buy tea and other things produced in the south, and the business was done, I said a few words to them, and then I knew the benefits of repairing the official road to Kulun, you don't know," Zhang Wu deliberately lowered his voice and said mysteriously, "After the official road from Kulun to Zhangjiakou was repaired, the leather and wool from Mongolia were suddenly cheaper!" ”

"Sancheng?" The tea guest exclaimed. Tut-tut, "Now the shops and factories in the city are difficult." ”

"You don't understand this again," Zhang Wu showed a shrewd and sophisticated look, "This leather is cheaper, and the selling price will naturally drop, but this leather and wool will increase all of a sudden." In the past, there were a lot of skins and wool in Mongolia, but they couldn't be shipped out, or they were rotten at home, but now there are official roads, which are convenient and convenient, and they can be shipped out at once. On the contrary, you earn more, don't you know the owner of Hengyuanxiang? Now there are several weaving factories in Baoding and Liangxiang in Zhili! ”

A tea guest smiled, "No wonder that day, the tigress at the head of my family was so kind, saying that the spring cold is steep and my waist is not good, and bought me a small sheepskin waist support, I was secretly surprised in my heart." Why did the sun come out of the west and buy me such an expensive thing? It turned out to be cheaper! ”

"Sister-in-law is afraid that your waist is not good, and you will not be able to work hard in the future!" A man on the side teased.

"Go, go, what are you talking about!" The tea guest sighed, "In this way, this official road is not useless to cultivate. ”

Zhang Wu was about to say something, when a young man who looked like a scholar on the side turned his head. A sneer, "This official way is of great use!" ”

Zhang Wu squinted at the scholar, "This brother, what do you think?" You might as well say it, everyone drinks tea in this teahouse. I know the details, and if the current situation is in the current situation, the government will not restrain it, and it is free to speak freely. ”

The shopkeeper's hand on the abacus trembled, and his small eyes quietly looked at this side through his glasses.

"In the past, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty raised swords and soldiers for the sake of Dawan Tianma, and now our court is not much different," the scholar picked up the bowl in a graceful posture, and Sven had to take a sip of tea, but the words he said were extremely sharp, "The construction of this official road, as well as the Beijing-Zhangjiakou Railway that will be ready to start construction next, are all for their own selfish desires." ”

"This? Where does this begin? The tea guests asked.

"Kulun has a good white jade mine, and the reserves are very huge, for this matter, many Mongolian Khan kings are fighting, I didn't expect the palace to hear the news, and quickly sent Admiral Yang Yuebin to Kulun, taking care of the white jade mine, in order to conveniently transport this ore into the palace, and Baba built a lot of construction, how many migrant workers were called, how much silver was spent, and the official road to Kulun was repaired, in order to just those stones, these stones are to celebrate this thousand autumn festival!" The more the reader talked, the more angry he became, and he almost couldn't help but drop the teacup.

Everyone was dumbfounded, and one person hesitated and said, "This, this is what the Queen Mother meant?" Can't you? ”

"What's not to do," the scholar pouted, "If you are good at the top, you will follow it at the bottom, and since you like it from above, the people below will naturally rush to flatter." ”

This news is really a bit exciting, quite groundbreaking, everyone looked at each other, and said: "It's hard to believe this." ”

"In the past, the Lord wanted to repair the three seas to support the Queen Mother to play, this thing did not happen, and later said that he wanted to repair the Shoukang Palace, and the Queen Mother also gave it to no, and besides, the Queen Mother hung the curtain before, and the silver outside was willing to spend and spend it on fun, but I didn't see much, this matter, it must be that you listened to it." A tea guest said vaguely, what he meant was that you just blew it.

"This matter came from the middle of the court, how can it be wrong?" The scholar blushed, these literate people, the most taboo is to be looked down upon, shouted: "The military aircraft department does not know anything about the official road, but the emperor and the queen mother discussed it together, and then ordered the Ministry of Communications to build it, if it were not for this matter, it would have crossed the military aircraft department and done it directly." ”

Zhang Wu is Chang Si's good friend, and his views are similar, he couldn't listen to it, so he jumped out, "This matter, is it true and don't say it, even if it's true, the Queen Mother has worked hard for so many years, and she has lived and died together with us in Beijing, and I, Zhang Wu, will serve her old man!" To be a woman, can you not let the eyebrows, but also go to the battlefield in person, and even go to the West and foreigners to wrestle their wrists, so do your best for the country, now, just ask for some jade, how to drop, long live the filial piety of the Lord can't do it? But let you be foolish? Zhang Wu rolled his eyes, "Repair the garden, repair the palace, this is all no, now this can not only allow the emperor to offer filial piety, but also benefit the country and the people, not to mention anything else, this leather and foreign cloth or something, everyone can get benefits, building roads is originally a costly thing, I see, this official road to Kulun is well repaired!" At least no matter what, we didn't suffer! (To be continued.) )