The whole family of villains criticized her wildly, but the princess treated her with medical treatm

"The roadbed is three feet long. It is laid in alternating layers of clay and gravel-rich sandy soil. Every other foot, it is compacted with a road roller and continues to be filled to three feet."

Mu Tingxue explained, "The road roller is the stone roller you use, the largest one weighing six thousand kilograms."

The Minister of the Ministry of Industry blushed and hesitated: "Your Highness, no... there are no such big rocks. In the past, only about a thousand kilograms were used to build roads, and they were pulled by animals."

Mu Tingxue was extremely surprised: "No way?"

When Qin Shihuang built the Qin Straight Road, the largest stone Luqi unearthed weighed more than 6000 kilograms.

The shape is quite similar to a modern roller.

"If you don't believe it, just take a look."

The Minister of Industry pointed to Shi Luqi, who was pulled over by engineering soldiers not far behind him.

Not much bigger than a stone roller.

Mu Tingxue held her forehead and said helplessly: "How can this be done? The roadbed cannot be compacted firmly with it."

She didn't want to buy a high-tech roller from Hyundai at all, so she switched over.

It may be fun to use for a while, but the subsequent maintenance and fuel consumption problems are too serious.It will even cause panic in this feudal dynasty.

Compared with the working efficiency of modern road rollers weighing tens of tons, Yunhuang's engineering team building roads is like ants digging in the soil.

"To the quarry."

The regent gave the order.

The efficiency of Zhenbei's military industry was first-class. In the afternoon of that day, according to the eldest princess's request, they collected large stones and polished them into a stone weighing [-] kilograms and more than one meter in diameter.

The equipment is complete.

The progress of the roadbed construction project came up in an instant.

After the roadbed is built.Now we come to the fourth step, laying concrete on top.

Cement, stones, bamboo strips.

Ten meters of cement hardened road surface came out.

Everyone looked at the results and were all ecstatic.

"Success!"

Subsequent road construction projects have begun.The military industry in Zhenbei went all out to carry out infrastructure construction. It took seven days to build a cement concrete hard road from Baidizhou to Yundu!

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When the cement road was built to the entrance of Yundu City, the whole city was in a sensation!

Have the people ever seen such a road?

They have walked mostly dirt roads all their lives, and the best road they have ever seen is nothing more than a brick road in the city.

The green brick road is also bumpy, but it cannot be as wide and flat as the cement road!

"This... is simply a smooth road!"

Empress Dowager Yan, who was listening behind the curtain, heard about this and came out of the palace to check. She was dumbfounded, "Is there not even a single undulation on the road surface?"

The young emperor Xie Xuanchen was also alarmed. He stood at the gate of the city and was extremely shocked: "How...how could there be such a road?"

Officials from three provinces, six ministries, and nine ministers gathered on both sides of the Yunhuang Expressway at the gate of the city. Their eyeballs, chins, and dentures fell to the ground in shock.

"Is this the cement road built by the eldest princess through extensive construction work?"

"Shut up, shameless old thief, can this be called a major construction project? This is called benefiting the country!"

"Hey, this new road is so smooth. There are two rows of green trees planted on both sides of the road. It's very pleasing to the eye!"

Carriages passed by on this magical cement road.

The wheels of the car rolled very fast, and the speed was at least three times higher than before.

Even the horses, oxen, and mules that pull the cart can run smoothly on the cement road. Their hooves will not splash up three feet of dust, let alone step into the mud pit with one foot higher than the other.

"Huh, but that's it."

Nangong Dasitu said sourly, "The outside of the gold and jade is just ruined by wadding inside. As long as it rains, it will definitely be the same as the original dirt road, with potholes and mud flying three feet away."

He asked the boy accompanying him to pour a large bucket of water on the concrete sidewalk.

Originally, he wanted to make the ground "soft" so that he could kill the majesty of the eldest princess and the regent and reveal the "true face" of the cement road.

The result was good and counterproductive.

Empress Dowager Yan, the young emperor, and the ministers were even more amazed when they saw that there was no change after splashing water, and the concrete was still as hard as before.

"Oh, this is great. It's not affected by rain or flooding!"

"I also want to change the ground in my yard to look like this. How did the regent repair it?"

"It's not the regent's idea. I heard from the Ministry of Works that everything from selecting soil for the roadbed, to paving the road with gravel, to hardening the cement, and even the drainage ditches on both sides and the two rows of trees were all designed by the eldest princess herself. They did as they were told! The regent could at most provide his own manpower and let the engineers from the Zhenbei Army carry out the work."

Empress Dowager Yan was so happy that her daughter had great potential and would give her a good face.

reward!

A big reward!

Xie Xuanchen had a professional fake smile on his face and complimented him a few words: "Sister Huang is so kind."

Li Fan stood next to the little emperor, lowering his voice and beating the drum: "Your Majesty, this cement is so powerful, the project cost must be sky-high. I'm really worried about how messed up I am."

Xie Xuanchen sighed: "Where is the imperial sister? Why haven't you seen her? Let me have a chat with her."

Li Fan took the opportunity to argue: "The eldest princess and the regent took the construction team to the direction of Maomao Mountain. They built the section from Baidizhou to Yundu, not counting the section from Baidizhou to Yundu, they also need to build the second section, hey, they can do whatever they want. If the land is squandered, how can the country be destroyed forever?"

Master Zuo Pushe spoke ill of the eldest princess to the emperor.

He was really not angry.

The soap has created a craze in Yundu, and has even been sold to various states and counties. Such a large amount of profit is not only greedy for him, but also among the wealthy families in Yundu, who doesn't drool and wants a piece of the pie?

I bought a lot of soap from home, old-fashioned and tasteless, with various carvings, animals, and paintings. I invited many famous old craftsmen to study it, but I didn't find out how to make it!

Seeing Mu Tingxue Bai Dizhou's soap factories growing from two to four and making a lot of money, old guys like them felt anxious.

The heads of the aristocratic families even got together and sent people to spy on the soap factories in Baidizhou. However, these four factories were always patrolled and guarded by soldiers from the top barracks, making it difficult to approach them.

There are only a few lime plants that can be built away from home.Other aristocratic families also open textile factories to make customized masks.

The cement road from Maomao Mountain, Tianchiling, Fengming Valley to Yundu was built in another ten days.

Mu Tingxue and the regent returned to Yundu.

The first thing she did was to allocate 80 silver in project funds to build cement roads to eight strategic locations including Mizhou, Cangzhou, Guangzhou, Liuzhou, Jingzhou, and Anyuan City in the north.

"I think you must not do it! It's too wasteful!"

"The plague in Huaizhou has just ended, and the victims continue to be displaced. How can we build eight official roads at the same time? Don't be too outrageous!"

"Your Highness's move is a perverse move, putting the people in dire straits and ruining their lives!"

Faced with the stern accusations from the ministers, Mu Tingxue was extremely calm: "You guys have misunderstood. On the contrary, this princess is providing work for relief. These eight cement roads will not use the Zhenbei Army construction team, but will organize The people around the road can use the nearest migrant workers to build the road, and pay them two meals a day and pay labor fees. This can solve the food problem and employment problem of at least 10,000+ people at the same time. Allow the disaster victims, refugees, and poor people to earn money and live with dignity. Go down. After the cement road is completed, they will also master the construction skills and be able to make a living."

Li Fan held the wat board in his hand and objected: "Even so, 80 yuan for the project is too much, and the national treasury is empty..."

“This autumn’s tax collection is 360 million taels more than last autumn.”

Mu Tingxue interrupted him and smiled, "Baidi Prefecture alone has collected 80 taels of land tax, commercial tax, etc., ranking first among the forty prefectures and counties in Yunhuang."

Li Fan was speechless for a moment as if he had swallowed a fly.

The tax revenue of Baidi Prefecture was originally supposed to be given to the eldest princess, but she donated it. The population of Baidi Prefecture tripled in a few months, and the local economy developed rapidly.Such a high tax is collected in a year, which is exactly 80.

Mu Tingxue looked at him deeply and said without surprising: "The family members have opened many lime factories, water-powered textile factories, and mask factories all over the country, and they have also paid a lot of money in commercial taxes. I rely on your great efforts, sir." Support, the proportion of commercial tax in household tax revenue has been greatly increased."

When it comes to factory commercial tax, the ministers of Jinluan Palace feel heartbroken.

Five taxes and one, you have to pay a heavy tax of 20.00%!Coupled with transportation tariffs and apportionment, at least 30.00% of the profits must be paid.

The more you pay, the more you earn, at least several times more than harvesting grain from farming.

"Let's lower the price of salt, from 250 to [-] Wen."