Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 202 Laughing and crying on the concrete floor, discussing precious land in the Hall of Carriers

Before Lu Daqi's eyes, several craftsmen were like playing with mud, spreading some "mud" mixed with sand and gravel into the wooden mold on the ground, and smoothing it with special tools.

Closer to the construction site, behind a section of concrete road that has just been finished, there are wooden boards to cover it up.

And farther away, in the city, there is a whole piece of off-white stone pavement.

Seeing the people entering and leaving the city, stepping on the wet concrete floor covered with wooden boards from both sides, and then on the gray-white concrete floor, with Lu Daqi's cleverness, he immediately realized that the cement might be as the man said. It will become dry and hard after two days.

Cement, cement, must have something similar to mud, so it's called that.

Just remembering that man said that the cement was as hard as a stone after it dries, Lu Daqi still couldn't believe it.

With his entourage, he was about to enter the city with other people, but was stopped by the city gate guards.

Lu Daqi was puzzled.

His entourage thought it was for the city fee, and prepared to pay for it based on the principle of spending a small amount of money to avoid trouble.

Unexpectedly, the captain of the city gate guard said: "Jianguo Mansion stipulates that anyone who enters the city with a mid-length weapon must undergo identity registration."

Only then did Lu Daqi suddenly realize—did he just say that, among the other people who came to the city, they only collected business taxes and did not collect city fees, why did they stop them?

It turned out that it was because of the waist knife he carried with his entourage.

Lu Daqi immediately stepped forward to register.

As a result, the other party wants to check the waist card (Ming Dynasty ID card).

Although this is a normal act in accordance with the laws of the Ming Dynasty, in fact, the laws and regulations in various places have been abolished for a long time, and ID cards are rarely checked in non-wartimes.

Sometimes even if the upper level asks to check the waist card, the lower level will be easily bribed, allowing people without waist cards to come in and out.

Lu Daqi regarded himself as a very important person, and he didn't want to expose himself before he found out the reality of the Chengdu Jianguo Mansion, so he signaled his entourage to take out a few taels of silver, and prepared to spend money to avoid inspections as usual.

Unexpectedly, the captain of the guard of the city gate not only refused to accept it, but his eyes became cold and stern. He took Lu Daqi and his party to the side and asked, "Be honest, who are you guys? You actually intend to sneak into the city, what are your plans?"

Lu Daqi: "..."

Seeing that the guards around the city gates were all touching their knives, Lu Daqi could only sigh, took out the ivory waist badge, and said: "Old man Lu Daqi, this is the waist badge, take it and record it."

After all, this captain is not a real idiot. Seeing that Lu Daqi's waist badge was actually ivory, he immediately realized that he might be a high-ranking official.

But because of his duty, he said "I just offended you just now", and then asked someone to register.

Although Lu Daqi didn't want to reveal his identity in advance, he was not afraid of revealing his identity.

After registration, don't worry about it.

After entering the city, Lu Daqi was even more shocked when he found that the cement road stretched all over the place, only the two sides were still stone roads.

Immediately, he found a place with less pedestrians, took out his entourage's waist knife, and tried hard to poke and scratch the concrete road.

As a result, although there were more scratches and marks on the concrete pavement, it was very shallow, and it would be extremely difficult to destroy it with a sword.

Lu Daqi stared blankly at the concrete road with the knife in his hand, then looked at the nearby city wall, and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha···"

Laughing and laughing, he couldn't help crying.

Seeing this, the entourage was at a loss.

When the pedestrians around saw it, they all avoided it and cast their eyes of "look at the madman".

A well-dressed little boy holding a book was being led by his mother. Seeing this, he couldn't help asking: "Mother, why is that Weng Weng crying and laughing?"

Mother said: "Probably something happy and sad happened."

Lu Daqi cried and laughed for a long time before he stopped.

Then he sat down and stroked the cement floor, muttering: "It would be great if Daming had this cement in the early years.

The city will be stronger and less likely to be bombed and collapsed; the embankment will also be stronger, and the flood will be less.

It's a pity that now Shanhaiguan is gone, and Beijing City is gone too.The mountains and rivers are broken, even if there is this cement, it may not be able to stick together. "

Then Lu Daqi remained silent for a while.

It was only after he had finished speaking that he felt that Daming was not short of one cement problem, but had many problems.

Perhaps, even if there was cement decades earlier, the situation in Daming might not be much better than it is now.

Sighing, Lu Daqi stood up, saw a lot of snow mud on his body, and said, "Let's go, let's find an inn to settle down first."

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Carrier Hall.

Zhan Tianyan walked in under the guidance of an eunuch, and saw a girl with a fairy face, extraordinary bearing, and a black robe with dragon patterns sitting on the throne, she immediately looked away, knelt down and bowed to Jishou according to the etiquette, and said: "Chen Chuanxi participates in politics, Zhan Tianyan, prefect of Long'an, see Jian Guo!"

"Be flat!"

When Zhan Tianyan got up, Auntie Zhu couldn't help sizing him up.

I saw that Zhan Tianyan was a typical southerner in figure and appearance, but there was determination in his brows, and he also had a majesty in himself.

Immediately, Auntie Zhu said, "I think Zhan Qing already knows why Zhan Qing was called to Chengdu this time."

"Yes." Zhan Tianyan said, "Jian Guo wants to send ministers to patrol Guizhou."

Aunt Zhu nodded, "Accordingly, you have only been promoted from the prefect of Long'an to participate in politics in western Sichuan for more than two months, and you haven't made any political achievements yet, so you shouldn't be transferred so quickly.

However, the Jian Guo Mansion lacks available personnel at the moment, so Zhan Qing can only let Zhan Qing be the governor of Guizhou, which is a lot of work. "

"It is the duty of a courtier to share the worries of the king, and I dare not say that I am tired."

Aunt Zhu smiled slightly when she heard this, and said, "Tell me, Zhan Qing, how much you know about Guizhou, and what do you think?"

Zhan Tianyan said: "There are many chieftains in Guizhou, and there are many dangerous mountains and rivers. Now there are eight prefectures and four military and civilian prefectures, and the capital is Guiyang.

Since the year of Hongwu, all dynasties of the country have taken the task of dividing, enlightening, abolishing the chieftain, and reforming the land.

After more than 200 years, especially after the She'an Rebellion, the strength of Guizhou Tusi has been greatly weakened.

However, after all, Guizhou's mountains and rivers are dangerous, and the local Yao, Miao and other ethnic groups are deeply entrenched. If the imperial court wants to make them naturalize quickly, there will be chaos again.

The minister believes that the only way to be safe is to pay equal attention to kindness and power, and to decompose and educate the natives persistently with water and hard work. "

Auntie Zhu nodded slightly after hearing this.

Hao Guangming on the other side said: "What Zhan Tianyan said still makes sense, you must know that even after three or four hundred years later, Guizhou has not become like a province in the Central Plains.

After all, the things inherited by those ethnic minorities for tens of thousands of years are quite different from those of the Han family, and it is difficult to change them all at once.

Besides, there is no need for them to change. It is entirely possible to allow them to retain some of their own characteristics with a tolerant attitude.

Of course, some bad customs that seriously violate the laws of Ming Dynasty and hinder the development of Ming Dynasty still need to be forced to get rid of them, such as serfdom. "

After listening to Hao Guangming's words, Auntie Zhu nodded again.

But she feels that even if some bad customs and customs of the Tu people in Guizhou are to be changed, it is not now—the timing is wrong.

At least he had to wait until the northern provinces had been subdued and the Eastern Prisoners would be driven back outside the pass before they could try.

She then said to Zhan Tianyan: "What Zhan Qing said is not bad, you can write an abbreviation here later and show it to Bengong."

"Yes."

Immediately, Aunt Zhu asked someone to hang a large map on the screen where the map was hung, covering up the original map of Sichuan.

Looking at it, Zhan Tianyan saw that the map included the five provinces of Sichuan, Guizhou, Huguang, Yunnan, and Guangxi.

Aimee Zhu stepped down from the throne, came to the map, and asked: "My palace intends to reorganize Chongqing, Kuizhou, Luzhou, Xuzhou, Zhenxiong, and Huguang Shizhouwei into the Chief Secretary of Chongqing.

Then the Zunyi Military and Civilian Mansion will be assigned to the Chief Secretary of Guizhou, what does Zhan Qing think? "

(End of this chapter)