I want to ruin the country

That night, Yuan Jinlu mobilized all the yamen runners and soldiers to guard the prefectural yamen tightly inside and outside.

If something happens to the emperor in his prefectural office, he would not be able to chop off his heads even if he had a hundred!

On the third day, the rain still didn't stop, and Yining and his friends stayed comfortably for another day.

The rain stopped on the fourth day, and Yining and his companions continued on their journey!

Yuan Jinlu wanted to send someone to protect him along the way, but Yining refused and told him not to reveal the emperor's whereabouts.

After Yining and the others left, the rumor that the emperor had stayed at the Ma family's old store gradually spread.

After a while, Yuan Jinlu was sure that the emperor had returned to the palace, and then he came to hang a plaque for the Ma family's old store with drums and gongs.

The plaque has gold letters on a blue background and reads "Ma's Old Store".

The shopkeeper was completely confused and had no idea what was going on.

Yuan Jinlu said,

"Look at the signature here!"

The shopkeeper took a closer look and was shocked.

"Wenqing? Grand Secretary?"

Yuan Jinlu nodded.

"The Emperor and the Grand Secretary Wen stayed at your inn a while ago."

Shopkeeper Ma was so shocked that his jaw dropped.

"Master Yuan, you are kidding, right? The emperor is going to live in this shabby place of mine?"

Yuan Jinlu smiled and said,

"Don't be so self-deprecating! Not only did the Emperor come, he also said that you live very comfortably here and the food is delicious. He really praised you!"

Shopkeeper Ma still couldn't believe it.

"Really?"

Yuan Jin Road,

"It was the Emperor who shot and killed the White Lotus bandits that night. Now you believe it, don't you?"

The shopkeeper Ma was stunned.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Yuan Jin Road,

"The Emperor said that you are a sensible person who knows how to appreciate the Emperor's kindness, so he asked Grand Secretary Wenqing to inscribe a plaque for you as a reward!"

Now the shopkeeper Ma had no choice but to believe it, and he hurriedly led his family to kowtow to the plaque.

"Thank you very much!"

Yuan Jinlu took out another 100 taels of silver,

"The Emperor also said that someone died in your shop, and your business must have been affected. This is one hundred taels of silver as compensation!"

Shopkeeper Ma was so moved that tears welled up in his eyes and he was choked up and couldn't speak.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, my good Emperor!"

Prostrate on the ground and cry loudly!

He remembered the emperor's elegant demeanor and his amiable expression!

The emperor almost lost his life in his own shop, but not only did he not say a single harsh word to me, he even compensated me. Where in the world can you find such a good emperor!

From then on, Shopkeeper Ma placed the emperor's longevity tablet at home.

Kowtow three times in the morning and evening, burn a stick of incense in the morning and evening, and the whole family kowtows and offers sacrifices on the first and fifteenth days of the month.

Since the plaque was hung up, the business of the Ma family store has been booming.

Some people come here to stay and have a few meals whenever they want.

Everyone should have a share of whatever the emperor eats and drinks to share in his glory.

It is also difficult to find a room for the emperor and his two concubines to live in.

Someone said that the emperor was almost killed in this room. What's so good about this room?

Someone said again,

"Isn't he still alive? Moreover, the Emperor even killed the assassin. Isn't this a blessing in disguise, a blessing in disguise?"

Everyone thought it made sense!

Therefore, people are flocking to the Ma family’s old store!

Yining and his companions left Cangzhou and headed south. The road from Cangzhou to Botou was eighty miles long and was very muddy with many puddles.

Fortunately, they were riding horses, so their journey was not delayed.

On the way, Yining saw that the big rivers he passed by were all covered with reinforced concrete bridges.

This is a road planned by Yining from the capital to Fuzhou.

In fact, it is the National Highway 104 in later generations.

The starting point of this national highway is from Yongdingmen Bridge in Beijing to Pingtan County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, with a total length of 26 kilometers.

This national highway is the main artery connecting eight provinces, including Beijing, Tianjin, Zhili, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian.

Because of the limited conditions now, this path is somewhat different from that of later generations.

The starting point is from Beijing to Tianjin, and this section is called the Beijing-Tianjin Highway.

Then from Tianjin to Cangzhou, Dezhou to Jinan.

This section is called the Beijing-Jinan Highway, and this is the first section of the project.

The second section of the project is from Jinan, Qufu to Xuzhou and Jinling. This section is called the Beijing-Jinling Highway.

The third section of the project is from Jinling to Songjiang, and this section is called the Beijing-Shanghai Highway.

The fourth section of the project is from Songjiang to Fujian, and its full name is National Highway 101.

Now all the bridges on this road have been started!

Yining also designed Highway 102 from Beijing to Guangzhou.

Highway 103 to Yunnan.

Highway 104 to Sichuan.

There are many roads to Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia, and the three northeastern provinces.

Of course, we have to take it step by step!

Yining stopped his horse several times and went to the construction site to communicate with the workers.

Generally speaking, the workers are satisfied. The skilled workers among them can earn 150 yuan a day.

The construction site provides food and drink, and I can earn four or five taels of silver a month, which is already very happy.

Yining knows the drawbacks of future projects!

The country designed and budgeted according to the highest standards, so the workers could have received very high wages.

However, after going through layers of subcontracting, when the construction contractor actually gets the money, there is very little profit left.

They don't have much profit, but they have ways to make money. One is to cut corners, and the other is naturally to make up for it from the workers.

Therefore, the wages received by the workers are only equivalent to those of ordinary migrant workers, and have nothing to do with high wages!

Therefore, Yining strictly prohibits all projects from being outsourced, so as to ensure the interests of workers.

Some workers also told Yining that members of the White Lotus Sect came to the construction site every now and then to preach.

After Yining asked, they all had local accents, but they were not Piaoyang Taoist and his group.

Piaoyang and the others left, but they planted poisonous roots here. I just don’t know how deep these poisonous roots are.

It seems that eradicating the White Lotus Sect is a long and arduous task. Yining has always been a fearless person with a spirit of never giving up.

This further strengthened his determination to completely eradicate the White Lotus Sect.

As they stopped and walked along the road, Yining looked at the awkward postures of Hongxiu and Qingxi riding on their horses, and felt secretly distressed.

We arrived in Botou around 5pm, Yining said,

"I'm not leaving. I'm staying here today!"

Everyone knew that the emperor was concerned about the two beauties, otherwise, it would not be too late to walk another fifty miles to Dongguang to rest.

At noon on the third day, we arrived outside Dezhou City.

Yi Jianshe arrived at the Weishu government office in Dezhou early to report the news.

Yining and his companions were walking forward when they saw a group of people running towards them.

When they got closer, the horses stopped and a bunch of people jumped off the horses.

The leaders were none other than Dezhou City Guard Guo Qin and Dezhou Magistrate Zheng Mingyi.

Guo Qin was a bannerman, his surname was Guo Luoluo, and the Dezhou City Guard was a third-rank military officer. He would soon be promoted to the commander of a military sub-district with the rank of colonel.

Dezhou is a scattered prefecture under Shandong Province. The prefect is of the fifth rank. Zheng Mingyi is a Han Chinese and his hometown is Hunan.