Chapter 412: Build roads first if you want to be rich

While Yang Zhengshan and Lin Zhan were talking, a snowball as big as a fist suddenly hit Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan's instinctive reaction was to raise his hand to block the snowball, but when he raised his hand slightly, he stopped and let the snowball hit his head.

Lin Zhan was slightly startled when he saw this, "Master!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at Yang Chengxian with a straight face. At this time, Yang Chengxian was looking at Yang Zhengshan at a loss, with eyes full of anxiety.

"grandfather!"

Yang Zhengshan looked at him, "You hozen, you are becoming more and more rude. Let's see how grandpa deals with you!"

After saying that, Yang Zhengshan grabbed a ball of snow from the ground and threw it towards Yang Chengxian.

The soft snowballs exploded on Yang Chengxian's head. Yang Chengxian was stunned at first, but then he realized, "Ah, grandpa is here, run!"

Following his shout, a group of little guys giggled and ran away.

Yang Zhengshan would throw snow dumplings at them from time to time, and they would also fight back at Yang Zhengshan.

For a time, the already hilarious scene became even more lively because of the addition of Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan caught Yang Chengyou and said, "You are the most naughty boy!"

As he said that, he threw Yang Chengyou directly into the snowdrift next to him. Not only was Yang Chengyou not afraid, but he raised a handful of snow and showered Yang Zhengshan's arms full of it.

The dragon gives birth to nine sons, each of whom is different.

There are many third generations of the Yang family, and their personalities and temperaments are also different.

Yang Chengye is mature and steady, Yang Chengmao is smart and studious, Yang Wanqing is polite and polite, Yang Chengxian is lively and active, Yang Chengzhang is the most noisy, Yang Chengyou is the most mischievous, and there is also Yang Wanting, a talkative person who can never have a moment of peace when she chatters.

Of course, there are also peaceful ones, such as Wang Mingzhe. This kid has not liked to move since he was a child. He likes to sleep the most. This is still the case now.

There is also this little girl Jiang Miao, who is well-behaved and cute, and is deeply loved by Yang Zhengshan.

There are so many children in the Yang family, which is a lively place on weekdays, especially when the three guys Yang Chengxian, Yang Chengzhang and Yang Chengyou get together, they go to houses to lift tiles, climb trees to dig out bird eggs, fish in ponds, and often The house was in a state of chaos, giving a group of servants a headache.

And the source of all this is Yang Zhengshan.

Yang Zhengshan is not a well-behaved person, and he doesn't like to make a group of children rigid. Sometimes he will play with a group of children, which also causes these little guys to get into trouble and no one can stop them.

Of course, noisy is noisy. When it's time to practice, they still have to practice. When it's time to study, they all have to go to school obediently.

Because the cultivation and school were not under the control of Yang Zhengshan, Yang Mingcheng was responsible for the cultivation. Yang Mingcheng took cultivation the most seriously and treated these nephews the most harshly.

In the school, the Yang family hired many teachers, including old masters who taught Confucianism and grandma who taught etiquette and rules. Neither the old master nor the grandma would let these little guys play around.

But today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, and the teachers and mothers in the school are on holiday, so these little guys let the sheep go, and they all had a lot of fun.

Lin Zhan looked at Yang Zhengshan playing with a group of children and couldn't help but smile slightly.

In the hall, Yu Qingyi glanced towards the yard and saw Yang Zhengshan playing with the children, shaking his head angrily and helplessly.

"This old guy is usually out of shape!"

"Haha, dad always loves his children, so mom, just leave him alone!" The chubby Wang stood behind Yu Qingyi and said with a smile.

"How can I control him?" Yu Qingyi said.

Mrs. Li smiled and said, "We all know that dad listens to mother the most!"

"That's not right. Mother listens to father the most." Ms. Liang said with a sweet smile.

After she finished speaking, several people couldn't help but giggle.

Mrs. Zheng still maintained the etiquette of a woman, covering her mouth and smiling.

"You guys are making fun of me! You really don't understand the rules!"

Although he said this, Yu Qingyi also started laughing.

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The festive atmosphere of the New Year continued until after the Lantern Festival. The various government offices in Chongshanguan restarted their operations, and Yang Zhengshan was also busy.

New year, new beginning.

Chongshan Town is in dire straits, and there are too many things that need to be dealt with by the General Military Mansion.

In the lobby of the General Military Mansion, Yang Zhengshan gathered the left and right officials from various departments together.

The eight departments in the General Military Mansion are all from the Wei Si Yamen of Tenglong Guard, and they are all officials who are familiar with handling miscellaneous government affairs.

With Tenglongwei as his foundation, Yang Zhengshan will no longer have no one available in Chongshan Town.

The first major event of the new year for the General Military Mansion is to recruit soldiers for the Zhenbiao Fifth Battalion. This matter should be handled by the Military Selection Section and the Military Registration Section.

The second major event is troop training, which requires the responsibility of the Qianliang Department and the Military Armor Department, and is led by Song Dashan, Luo Feiyu and other guerrilla generals and camp officers of the fifth battalion of Zhenbiao.

Yang Zhengshan did not need to worry too much about recruiting soldiers and training troops. The officials of the General Military Mansion and Song Dashan and others were fully capable of doing a good job.

After all, they have done these things before in Tenglongwei, and now they are naturally familiar with them.

So Yang Zhengshan left it alone after arranging these two things.

As for the third thing, it is water conservancy projects.

In the main hall, Yang Zhengshan hung the map of Chongshan Town on the screen.

"Yinghe River originates from Sanfeng Mountain on the West Road of Chongshan Town. Its upstream has twelve tributaries on the West Road of Chongshan Town. The overall flow direction is from west to east, passing through Daning City, Guining City, Jianzhou City, and Ningzhou City. Chongshanguan, Anyuan City, and Songzhou City are all connected to the sea, with a total length of more than 1,000 kilometers, and it is basically accessible by ship from Jianzhou City to the west! "

"There are four or five places where the river needs to be deepened. If the entire river can be connected, medium-sized ships can go straight to Jianzhou City along the Yinghe River!"

Yang Zhengshan pointed to Yinghe River on the map and described his plan, "I decided to open up Yinghe River and build docks in Jianzhou City, Ningzhou City, north of Chongshan Pass, north of Anyuan City, and south of Songzhou City."

"With this river, we can directly send sea ships deep into Chongshan Town, and transport a large amount of goods from Chongshan Town to Tenglongwei, Liao'an City, Jizhou City, and even Jiangnan. We can also transport goods to Chongshan Town. "

"In addition to the river, we still have five official roads that need to be repaired. The first is the east-west official road that runs through the entire Chongshan Town. This official road has always been the traffic lifeline of Chongshan Town. We must ensure the smooth flow of this official road. ”

"The second one starts from Fuzhou City, passes through Songzhou City, Anyuan City, and ends at Qinghua Fucheng."

"The third is the official road starting from Heiyun Mountain and connecting Chongshanguan and Jing'an Prefecture."

"The fourth one starts from Guanshan Pass, passes through Xiling City, Daning City, and ends at Huade Fucheng in western Liaoning."

"The fifth is from Heiyun Mountain to Fuzhou City."

"Five official roads, three vertical and two horizontal, are adding a waterway to connect the cities in Chongshan Town, and at the same time connect Chongshan Town to eastern Liaoning and western Liaoning."

"Many of them have official foundations before, but some of them require our own planning and construction."

Following Yang Zhengshan's words, the faces of all the subjects in the hall became solemn.

If building Heiyun City and developing the Northland is a grand plan, then the rivers and official roads that Yang Zhengshan wants to build are a huge project.

The total length of the five official roads exceeds 5,000 miles. Although most of them have previous foundations, the amount of work involved is still disappointing.

There are no various construction machinery here, and all projects must be completed manually. It involves five thousand miles of official roads, and the manpower and material resources required are simply not what the current Chongshan Town can afford.

Yang Zhengshan is professional in infrastructure construction, but this time his plan is too huge.

Compared with the time at Tenglongwei, it pales into insignificance.

The area of ​​Tenglongwei is less than one percent of Chongshan Town. The total length of the official roads built by Yang Zhengshan in Tenglongwei is less than 200 miles. Even if other roads are included, it will not exceed 500 miles.

And what about Chongshan Town?

According to Yang Zhengshan's plan, 5,000 miles of official roads and a more than 1,000 miles of waterway will be built.

Such a project volume is a huge project for the court, let alone Chongshan Town.

Yang Zhengshan believes in a saying, that is, 'If you want to be rich, build roads first'.

If the traffic is not good, everything will stop.

Only by building up the transportation network of Chongshan Town can the economy of Chongshan Town develop by leaps and bounds.

Otherwise, no matter what Yang Zhengshan does, it is impossible to make Chongshan Town a prosperous place.

"Master Marquis, according to this plan, I'm afraid it will take tens of millions of taels of silver to accomplish."

Others dare not refute Yang Zhengshan or put forward different opinions in front of Yang Zhengshan, but Lu Wenhua dares not because he is related to Yang Zhengshan, but because he is familiar with Yang Zhengshan's temper until Yang Zhengshan will not blame him for it.

"That's right, not only does it require a lot of money, it also requires a lot of food!" Yang Zhengshan nodded.

In five years at Tenglongwei, he spent three million taels of silver.

The salt farm and wharf provided a large amount of money for the development of Tenglongwei, which made Tenglongwei a prosperous place.

Now Chongshan Town cannot develop according to the development model of Tenglongwei, because Chongshan Town cannot build a salt farm and cannot conduct large-scale maritime trade.

Chongshan Town is different from Tenglong Guard's petty quarrels. The court tolerated Tenglong Guard's mischief at first, but now it will not allow Yang Zhengshan to continue to do so in Chongshan Town.

"But we don't have that much money and food now, let alone ten million taels, even one million!"

"And next we have to train troops and build Black Cloud City."

Lu Wenhua said softly.

Yang Zhengshan smiled and said, "If you don't have money, then find a way to make money!"

After speaking, he clapped his hands, and a middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties walked in outside the door.

This person has a simple face, ordinary clothes, and seems a bit reserved after entering the lobby.

"Come, let me introduce to you, this is Zhu Dahai, the person in charge of the glass workshop."

Without some trump cards, how could Yang Zhengshan be so ambitious and make such a huge plan.

And his trump card is none other than Tenglong Wei's glass workshop.

The glass workshop has been established since Yang Zhengshan planned to make telescopes, and it has been more than four years now.

When he was at Tenglongwei, Yang Zhengshan never dared to manufacture glass on a large scale.

The reason?

The main reason is that Yang Zhengshan is afraid that the benefits of glass will be too great, and Yang Zhengshan may not be able to bear it himself.

But it's different now. He is the Marquis Jing'an of Darong, the commander-in-chief of Chongshan Town, and the new rich man in the court.

Maybe he still can't resist the covetousness brought by the huge interests, but at least he has some room for mediation, so that he will not be helpless.

Once glass is mass-produced, the profits can be imagined.

What can glass do?

Tea sets, wine sets, tableware, various utensils, decorations, window glass, etc.

Of course, there are telescopes, mirrors, etc.

Every glass product has a huge market.

As long as Yang Zhengshan is willing, he can become the richest man in Da Rong at any time by making glass.

The premise is that he can keep the method of making glass.

Yang Zhengshan has no idea of ​​becoming the richest man in Darong, nor does he care too much about making money.

Therefore, he does not need to stick to the method of making glass, nor does he want to monopolize the benefits of glass manufacturing.

He just wants Chongshan Town to get the first share and make Chongshan Town rich by taking advantage of the popularization of glass.

"Next, the General's Mansion will set up a new engineering department, and the glass workshop will be under the engineering department. Li Dahai will be the right official of the engineering department, and Wenhua, you will temporarily serve as the left official of the engineering department!"

Yang Zhengshan arranged.

Lu Wenhua responded, but said hesitantly: "My Lord, can glass make tens of millions of taels of silver?"

The existence of the glass workshop is no secret in the Tenglongwei Weisi Yamen, but everyone does not have much concept of the use of glass.

Lu Wenhua does not think that glass is a magical thing.

Only Yang Zhengshan knows how widely glass is used.

However, Yang Zhengshan did not explain to him, "You will know later, I will be in charge of the glass workshop, and Li Dahai will be in charge of the glass workshop. You should not interfere!"

"Yes!" What else can Lu Wenhua say, he can only nod in response.

At this time, Li Dahai was in a happy shock.

He was originally just an ordinary blacksmith apprentice, and later joined the glass workshop. Yang Zhengshan thought he was serious about his work and let him be in charge of the glass workshop.

The original glass workshop had only a dozen people, and now there are only two or three hundred people in the glass workshop.

So Li Dahai always thought that he was just an ordinary craftsman, and never thought that he would become an official one day.

The official of the general's mansion is a seventh-rank official position, a real official position with official status and salary.

Of course, the official is not a civil servant. The official positions of the general's mansion are all military positions, which are definitely not comparable to civil servants.

But for Li Dahai, a craftsman, this is a great fortune.